Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt moved to Georgetown after she married Archibald Roosevelt, Jr., grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, in 1950. While working at the Washington Post, Lucky wrote her first big magazine article for the Saturday Evening Post about remodeling their N...
Georges Jacob and his family moved to the United States when he was almost 19 years old. While his father was working at the Chevy Chase Club, he met a man who was eager to help him open a butcher shop. In 1958 Georges’ father and four sons opened their French Market,...
In an interview with Kevin Delany on May 6, 2011, Ruth Saxe tells the story of a young lady from Fergus Falls, Minnesota (population: 10,848) who comes to Washington and leaves her mark on the Peace Corps, Common Cause, and the CAG newsletter – while administering an...
Elizabeth Desan has lived in both the East and West villages of Georgetown. Two of her three children were born in DC so she has known the public school system and how it changed through the years. During her April 18th, 2011 interview with Ingrid Beach, Elizabeth...
Cooby Greenway has had a relationship with Georgetown’s East End during many different phases of her life: from living with her parents there as a child and early teen, staying there when back from boarding school and college, and beginning her career in...
