Talk:Edith Roosevelt

message: Interesting fact of Edith Roosevelt was  against Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. The F.D.R. side was against Ted Roosevelt running for governor of New York State at that time.  The T.R. side did not forgive them for that. though Alice was one to switch side to side at times. Another interesting story at another time.
Robert L. Jones
History Major U.S/ World  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.142.123.168 (talk) 02:12, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:   REASON EDITH ROOSEVELT WAS AGAINST F.D.R. IN 1932.  

message: I'm as confused as hell.  All three variants occur in the article and I'm sure at least one of them is an error.  Trouble is, I don't know the true from the false.
* Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt  (lede)
* Born in Norwich, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Cardow … 
* She and her sister Emily Tyler Cardow … 
* Roosevelt, aged 28, married his second wife, Edith Carow, … 
* Infobox: Relations - Charles Carrow and Gertrude Tyler Carow
* Children:  … Ethel Carow.
So, what's it to be, folks?  --  Jack of Oz [your turn] 09:24, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Carow, Carrow, Cardow

message: From the section on Race:"According to biographer Lewis Gould, careful reading of Edith's private correspondence reveals racial views that go beyond what he calls the genteel bigotry" of her time." This says *nothing*. What the heck does "views beyond genteel bigotry" even MEAN?? Does it mean she was less racist or more?? And why should a reader in the 2020's have a grasp of what "the genteel" thought about African-Americans in 1900? I believe it's fair to say there was *nothing* "genteel" about what most White Americans thought about Blacks. (and Jews, and Italians, and Irish, and Eastern Europeans, and Asians, and...). And why would one person's opinion (Gould's) be given ANY weight? 
Next, the article goes on with:"In 1902 and 1903 "Misses Turner and Miss Leech" performed at the Roosevelt White House.  The women specialized in "Negro Songs" and Lewis Gould argued that by showcasing these performers, Edith entertained "guests with crude melodic stereotypes depicting an oppressed racial minority" Again what he argues is rubbish. It is nonsense to claim that a White House recital of some notable performers is anything but what it seems - entertainment. I don't know who Gould is, but perhaps he is unaware that "Negro Songs" were a thing back then. This entire paragraph should be removed.
Also. Later Life:
"Before her death, Edith destroyed almost all of her correspondence with her husband.  However, Edith was a prodigious letter writer and her letters survive in archives such as the Houghton Library." Awkward. I suggest this:"Edith was a prodigious letter writer and her many of her surviving letters reside in archives such as the Houghton Library. Before her death however, Edith destroyed almost all of her correspondence with her husband so that little (almost none?) (none?) of that correspondence remains."174.131.48.89 (talk) 18:15, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs help. 

message: This sentence: "While First Lady of the state, Edith began a custom that would continue in the White House—she held a bouquet of flowers in each hand." makes no sense. Two bouquets--when? Where? Why? All the time? Was she *always* holding two bouquets? Tttttarleton (talk) 19:02, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Lady of New York