Well my dearies I am popping in from my self induced hibernation with my laptop and MS of The Eternal Witch to post today guest blog post. Meg Mims is one of my fave online friends and an APsista.(We are both Astraea Press authors.) And to say Meg knows me would be an understatement because this post just made my day. So without further ado I give you a woman of the past with sass.
SASSY WOMEN BLOG POST
Alice Lee Roosevelt, the only daughter born
to President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and his first wife Alice (who died two
days after birth), was considered “bohemian” in her day and era.
Since her father refused to speak his first
wife’s name after her death, Alice was called “Lee” and primarily raised by her
father’s sister. Young Alice clashed with her stepmother, who actually forced
her into leg braces and shoes to treat a slight case of polio – which saved
Alice from being crippled for life. But tension between stepmother and
daughter, plus inattention from her father served to make Alice independent and
rebellious. She refused to attend a conservative school for girls while Teddy
Roosevelt served as New York’s governor. She promised an act of “shame and
humiliation” if forced to go – and he took her seriously. Alice remained free
to do as she wished.
