Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Roosevelt, Selwa |
Other Names |
Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt; Selwa Showker |
Born |
1929 |
Birthplace |
Kingsport, Tennessee |
Education |
Vassar College |
Notes |
Selwa Roosevelt served as Chief of Protocol for the United States from 1982 to 1989 and was nominated to the rank of ambassador. Before working at the White House, she wrote freelance for The Washington Post and various magazines. The wife of Archibald B. Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt’s grandson, Selwa was awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal by the Department of the Army, and given the Ripon Society’s Salute to Republican Women award. In 1990, Selwa Roosevelt published her autobiography, Keeper of the Gate. |
Publications |
Keeper of the Gate (1990) |
Role |
Political |
Mother |
Najla Choucair Showker |
Spouse |
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr. |
