When TR's first wife, Alice, died suddenly following childbirth, most probably of kidney failure (Bright's Disease) or toxemia, Bamie took custody of her infant, Alice. Unlike many children in a similar situation, Bamie had the natural maturity, judgement and wisdom to "hold the family together," Alice said. In fact, TR's first daughter, Alice, remarked that Bamie almost seemed to be born into middle age, so significant were the adult responsibilities put into her hands from childhood. Because Bamie's mother, Mittie, was often distracted by illness or by her grand social life, Bamie increasingly took a central role in running the Roosevelt household, particularly after the premature death of her father, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
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