Princess Alice: First Daughter, First Influencer | 60 Minutes: A Second Look

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  She has, at 85, lost none of the wit and high spirits that made her such a popular figure during the presidency of her father, Theodore Roosevelt.

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  Just like Beyonce or Madonna today, Americans knew her by a Single Alice or Ms.

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  Alice.

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  Even Princess Alice.

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  I mean, babies were named after her.

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  There was a color named after her.

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  Songs were written about her.

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  Wait a second, a color?

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  A color.

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  Alice Blue.

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  She was one of the first, first daughters of the 20th century.

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  Her father, Theodore Roosevelt, became president in 1901.

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  But was she also one of the first ever influencers?

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  She was very much the personification of the zeitgeist of the new century.

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  Young Americans in particular loved this and they copied her and they followed her.

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  And after a while, when she appeared in public, crowds gathered around her.

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  She was both famously opinionated and famously private.

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  So it was a big deal when 60 Minutes broadcast an interview with Alice Roosevelt Longworth in 1969.

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