Daughter of LT Ulysses Grant Kemp and Frances Polk Kemp. Second wife of G. Hall Roosevelt (1891-1941); divorced in 1937. Until the divorce, sister-in-law to Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962). Mother of Amy (1925-1992), Diana (1927-1998), and Janet Roosevelt (1930-2020).
Active in Michigan Democratic politics-Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt was the first woman to win a Democratic Congressional primary in Michigan-she was the defeated candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives in 1942. Running against Republican incumbent George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) in a heavily Republican Congressional District (No. 17), she lost 56.8% to 43.2%. Member of the War Production Board in Detroit, specializing in women workers problems in war industries. A classical pianisst, Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt studied at the Fontainbieu School of Music in France. Dorothy was an accomplished pianist. She played at the White House when F.D.R. was president.
Active in Michigan Democratic politics-Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt was the first woman to win a Democratic Congressional primary in Michigan-she was the defeated candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives in 1942. Running against Republican incumbent George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) in a heavily Republican Congressional District (No. 17), she lost 56.8% to 43.2%. Member of the War Production Board in Detroit, specializing in women workers problems in war industries. A classical pianisst, Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt studied at the Fontainbieu School of Music in France. Dorothy was an accomplished pianist. She played at the White House when F.D.R. was president.
Daughter of LT Ulysses Grant Kemp and Frances Polk Kemp. Second wife of G. Hall Roosevelt (1891-1941); divorced in 1937. Until the divorce, sister-in-law to Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962). Mother of Amy (1925-1992), Diana (1927-1998), and Janet Roosevelt (1930-2020).
Active in Michigan Democratic politics-Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt was the first woman to win a Democratic Congressional primary in Michigan-she was the defeated candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives in 1942. Running against Republican incumbent George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) in a heavily Republican Congressional District (No. 17), she lost 56.8% to 43.2%. Member of the War Production Board in Detroit, specializing in women workers problems in war industries. A classical pianisst, Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt studied at the Fontainbieu School of Music in France. Dorothy was an accomplished pianist. She played at the White House when F.D.R. was president.
Active in Michigan Democratic politics-Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt was the first woman to win a Democratic Congressional primary in Michigan-she was the defeated candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives in 1942. Running against Republican incumbent George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) in a heavily Republican Congressional District (No. 17), she lost 56.8% to 43.2%. Member of the War Production Board in Detroit, specializing in women workers problems in war industries. A classical pianisst, Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt studied at the Fontainbieu School of Music in France. Dorothy was an accomplished pianist. She played at the White House when F.D.R. was president.
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