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Stacy Cordery profiles Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the daughter of Teddy Roosevelt. Ms. Cordery relays that Alice Longworth was notorious for her flamboyant demeanor and sharp political mind. Commonly known as "the other Washington monument" Ms. Longworth embraced the role of advisor to her father and husband, Nicolas Longworth, Speaker of the House from 1925 to 1931. Alice Roosevelt Longworth was a central figure in Washington's political and social circles for eight decades. Stacy Cordery discusses her book at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC.