Alice Lee Roosevelt, the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, died on February 20, 1980 at age 96. Born in New York on February 12, 1884 she was the first child of the President to be born in the White House. She was universally known as a vivacious and outgoing woman who was comfortable in the political world of her father and independent in the social world of her mother. Alice was educated in private schools and later spent vacations abroad with her parents, becoming fluent in French and German. After her father's death in 1919, she furthered her education at a finishing school in London. Her own public life was filled with activity. She wrote articles for magazines and journals, was a patroness of the theater, and was the first presidential daughter to become a published author with her memoirs of growing up with the presidency. Alice was a lifelong member of the Women's League for Animals and Soviets for Animal Protection. She was also a recipient of the Francis Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Service to Animal Protection, which was given by the National Association for Protection of Animals in New York. Alice was married to Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohio. They had one daughter, Paulina Longworth, who died in 1957. Alice was a resident of New York City until her death, having spent the last sixty years of her life there.