Alice Roosevelt Longworth Holds Her First Press Conference in Seventy Years (Repeat from 2023 with no changes)
Course | Registration opens 1/21/2025 8:00 AM EST
Teddy Roosevelt's seventeen-year old daughter made headlines from the time she arrived at the White House in 1901, until her death at age ninety-six in Washington, D.C. In 1906, Nick Longworth, an Ohio representative, married Alice. She was famous for networking, campaigns, gossiping, and hosting fabulous dinners at her home near Embassy Row. An invitation to a Longworth dinner was a political career achievement! Alice lived through two world wars and fourteen administrations. Mikele Stillman will portray Roosevelt in this course.
Mikele Stillman
Mikele Stillman is from Wisconsin. She hosted a daily noon-hour segment on WISC-TV (CBS) for seven years. In 1980, she was hired by the city of Madison to initiate/coordinate outdoor events such as art fairs, concerts, festivals, and races that became “public policy." Revitalizing downtown was the goal, and it worked. In retirement, she came to Pennsylvania. She has presented many living history programs for OLLI and retirement villages. Stillman is the program chair for the Hanover Area Historical Society.