Edith Derby Williams
Deceased Person
1917 – 2008
Who was Edith Derby Williams?
Edith Roosevelt Williams was a historian, conservationist, and granddaughter of the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.
Williams was born in New York to Dr. Richard Derby and Ethel Carow Roosevelt. Edith Roosevelt Derby was the second child of Dr. and Mrs. Derby and the eldest daughter. Former President Theodore Roosevelt was her grandfather. She was named for her grandmother Edith Roosevelt. Not unlike many members of her nationally prominent family, she took her civic responsibilities seriously. She was actively involved in Republican politics and addressed the 1960 Republican National Convention, seconding the nomination of Richard Nixon. Later she founded the Vashon Island Health Center. For forty years she was the Republican Committeewoman for the state of Washington. In 1975 Williams was named to the Board of Trustees for the University of Washington where she served until 1981. Mrs. Williams served on the Board of Trustees for the Theodore Roosevelt Association where she received the Rose Award in 2004 for her many years of service and dedication to the organization.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1917
United States of America - Parents
- Died
- Jun 8, 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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