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'''Theodore Roosevelt''' was the 26th [[President of the United States of America]], 1901-1909, leader of the Republican party, and (in 1912-16) the Progressive Party.  Roosevelt is best known for his remarkable personality and commitment to democratic process. He was strongly committed to law and order, active leadership, civic duty, and individual self-responsibility, and was more concerned with the process of change than its direction.  A strong and vigorous man both personally and in politics, it was through Roosevelt that the world identified America with cowboy values of courage, initiative, and hardiness while directing greater involvment of the United States in world affairs.  He strongly endorsed motherhood and criticized women who had careers while neglecting motherhood <ref> See "Theodore Roosevelt on Motherhood and the Welfare of the State," ''Population and Development Review,'' Vol. 13, No. 1 (Mar., 1987), pp. 141-147 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1972126 online]</ref>.   

'''Theodore Roosevelt''' was the 26th [[President of the United States of America]], 1901-1909, leader of the Republican party, and (in 1912-16) the Progressive Party.  Roosevelt is best known for his remarkable personality and commitment to democratic process. He was strongly committed to law and order, active leadership, civic duty, and individual self-responsibility, and was more concerned with the process of change than its direction.   

 

A strong and vigorous man both personally and in politics, it was through Roosevelt that the world identified America with cowboy values of courage, initiative, and hardiness while directing greater involvment of the United States in world affairs.   

 

Roosevelt enlarged the presidency because he meade it a "bully pulpit" for national uplift and inspiration. He preached as much as he politicked. He felt responsible for the well-being and morals of the whole country. He set an example of how a large, strenuous life could be led, and he invited others to renew their energies and apply them to public causes.  TR strongly endorsed motherhood and criticized women who had careers while neglecting motherhood <ref> See "Theodore Roosevelt on Motherhood and the Welfare of the State," ''Population and Development Review,'' Vol. 13, No. 1 (Mar., 1987), pp. 141-147 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1972126 online]</ref>.   

In the contest beteen [[Conservation and environmentalism]], Roosevelt supported the conservation and optimum use of natural resources, and opposed the environmentalists of the day, such as [[John Muir]].

In the contest beteen [[Conservation and environmentalism]], Roosevelt supported the conservation and optimum use of natural resources, and opposed the environmentalists of the day, such as [[John Muir]].