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Alice Roosevelt Longworth exploded onto the scene as Theodore Roosevelt's daughter. At 17 when her father became president in 1901, the press dubbed her "Princess Alice." But Alice wasn't interested in being demure. She defied every social convention, staying out until dawn, racing cars through Washington streets, and attending 407 dinners, 350 balls, and 300 parties in just 15 months. Alice carried a pet snake named Emily Spinach in her purse and would let it out at dinner parties to liven things up. Her exasperated father confessed, "I can either run the country or attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do both." Her Washington drawing room became a hub for political figures. She displayed a pillow reading, "If you haven't got anything good to say about anybody, come sit next to me." Alice met nearly every president from Benjamin Harrison to Gerald Ford, remaining sharp-tongued and independent. When she passed in 1980 at 96, she had dazzled the world for nearly a century.
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