Theodore Roosevelt and Feminism

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Theodore Roosevelt

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I . Introduction

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27 , 1858 , in a house now preserved as a memorial at 28 East 20th Street , New York City . The Roosevelt family had been among the early Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam . Roosevelt 's father , also named Theodore , was a glass merchant , philanthropist , and civic leader . The ancestral mansion of his mother , Martha Bulloch , is still preserved at Roswell , Georgia

Theodore was the second of four children . As he recalled , he was a

sickly ' delicate boy ' suffering from asthma and having poor eyesight . To build his son 's strength , the elder Roosevelt equipped their home with a gymnasium and interested the boy in nature study which took him outdoors on long walks . Young Theodore became a boxer and at Harvard was a top lightweight fighter . He also was elected to Phi Beta Kappa , America 's leading scholastic society

Roosevelt graduated in 1880 and the same year married Alice Hathaway Lee of Chestnut Hill , a Boston suburb . On their honeymoon trip to Europe he climbed the Matterhorn . While studying at Columbia Law School , he completed his first book , The Naval War of 1819 (1882

Roosevelt 's interest soon turned to politics , and he joined the Republican Club of the Twenty-first Assembly District in New York City Within a year he was nominated for the state legislature , and elected (1881 . At Albany Roosevelt became a leader of the forces favoring reform and opposing corruption , although he was then so conservative as to oppose pensions for teachers as socialistic ' He served three terms and headed the state 's delegation to the national convention of 1884

On February 12 , 1884 , Roosevelt 's mother died of typhoid fever . On the same night , his daughter Alice was born , but 12 hours later his wife died . The loss of his mother and wife affected Roosevelt deeply . After completing his political obligations , he retired to the Elkhorn and Chimney Butte ranches he had bought the previous year in Dakota Territory

For two years , Roosevelt remained in seclusion , working on the range and hunting in the Badlands along the Little Missouri River . He wrote of his experiences in magazine articles and in the books

Thesis Statement : The researcher of this study intent to investigate the life of Theodore Roosevelt , thus , bringing out in-depth discussions of what are his contributions in feminism

II . Discussion and Summary

A . Roosevelt on feminism

Theodore Roosevelt was the first one president who was able to realize the inevitable crisis among American people and able to understand the value of feminism in our society and has learned to support it . As a leader of the country , Roosevelt felt the needs of his people especially to a certain mother who was in poverty and shared her problems regarding her six kids and can 't be able to provide the needs

Roosevelt believed the philosophy underlying the demand for feminism was the doctrine of natural rights , and the movement was generally...