Teddy Roosevelt: The Making of the Rough Rider President
American History Hit
History Hit
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🗓️ 2 May 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Theodore Roosevelt is arguably the most masculine president in American history. So how was he influenced by the women around him? And how was he impacted by the deaths of two of them on the same day?
In this episode, Edward O'Keefe introduces us to Theodore Roosevelt's mother, two sisters, and two wives: Mittie, Bamie, Conie, Alice and Edith.
Edward O'Keefe, Prime Time Emmy award and Peabody winner, CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, is the author of 'The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President'.
Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.
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| 0:00.0 | The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure. |
| 0:03.5 | Do we have to go home today? |
| 0:05.5 | sighed Anne. |
| 0:06.5 | I agree said Dick. |
| 0:08.0 | Even Timmy looks sad. |
| 0:09.5 | Cheer up everyone. |
| 0:11.5 | Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday |
| 0:17.0 | Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway. |
| 0:24.5 | Adventures start here. |
| 0:26.0 | Selected routes turn supply, saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. |
| 0:30.0 | Athletes. Athlete, horseman, boxer, wilderness explorer, rough riding hero of cavalry combat. |
| 0:41.0 | Here he is, all five feet eight inches of taught muscle, razor sharp jaw, piercing eyes, and |
| 0:47.1 | dapper mustache. |
| 0:48.7 | His gilded age masculinity in a top hat entails as the 19th century transitions to the 20th. |
| 0:55.0 | He is Theodore Roosevelt. |
| 0:57.0 | TR, the man who would be president. |
| 1:00.0 | And as it happens, Teddy was one of the most surprisingly sensitive of them all. Good day all I'm all I'm Don Wildman and this is American history hit. |
| 1:20.0 | President Theodore Roosevelt was known to be a man's man, a dynamo, the original rough and ready, |
| 1:27.0 | a determined statesman, brilliant writer, courageous explorer and naturalist. |
| 1:32.0 | He was also a visionary defender of liberty and justice for his people who became the 26th President of the United States. |
| 1:39.0 | Roosevelt understood life was to be lived as a series of challenges to be boldly confronted and overcome, |
| 1:45.9 | but there is also complexity and nuance requiring preemptive calculation and care. |
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