THE WILD CHILD Alice Roosevelt

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

When Alice Roosevelt's dad became President of the United States, her family became the center of attention for the entire country (and the world) - and that was just how she liked it. Whether smoking on the White House roof, racing her bright red motorcar through the streets of Washington DC, or wearing her snake Emily Spinach as jewelry while attending Congressional Balls - Alice scandalized her parents and delighted the nation. But that was just the beginning. Olivia interviews Shelley Fraser Mickle, author of the new book White House Wild Child: How Alice Roosevelt Broke All the Rules and Won the Heart of America. Music for this episode provided by Amanda Setlik Wilson, Aaron Kenny, The New Hot 5, Peak Duo, Victor Dance Orchestra, Esther Abrami, The Melody Weavers and the US Marine Corps Band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Women's History Initiative at the Utah Historical Society,
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0:43.0	Hi, Katie. Hi, Olivia.
0:47.9	You are, as I know, the parent of a tween.
0:53.7	Yes, I guess I've got a full-fledged tween on my hands, that's for sure.
0:58.6	He's 11 going on 17.
1:06.1	And as a parent of three teenagers or former teenagers, myself,
1:11.3	that is a very interesting experience on several levels.
1:15.9	Parenting makes you revisit it all with such interest.
1:21.8	Yes, I wonder what was actually going on when I thought that's what was going on. Yeah, exactly.
1:24.0	I feel like I was the troubled teenager of our parents' lives.
1:29.3	I was the vexing one.
1:32.0	I was quoted Shakespeare.
1:33.4	That's how vexing I was.
1:35.3	How sharper than a serpent stoop.
1:38.4	Oh, I got to pull that one out.
1:40.5	I have not been utilizing my literary training, clearly.
1:45.3	And I think throughout history, there have been some time-honored traditions in both being and parenting teenagers that continue to crop up over and over again.
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