On Valentine's Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt experienced a tragic and devastating event. On that day, just 36 hours after the birth of their only daughter, Alice, Roosevelt's mother, Mittie, passed away from typhoid fever.
To compound the tragedy, on the same day, his wife, Alice Lee, succumbed to Bright's disease, an inflammatory kidney disease, just two days after giving birth to their daughter. This heartbreaking loss of both his wife and mother on Valentine's Day made it an incredibly sorrowful and challenging time for Theodore Roosevelt.
But it didn't stop him. He returned to politics and became the youngest ever elected President of the United States.
Some of his key achievements and actions as President include:
Progressive Reforms: Roosevelt endowed the progressive movement with credibility, advocating for welfare legislation, government regulation, and the conservation movement. He believed that the President should challenge prevailing notions of limited government and individualism, and that government should serve as an agent of reform for the people
