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Sep 16, 2024 · Edith Bolling Wilson, the second wife of Woodrow Wilson, is often called the “first woman president.” Many know the outline of this story but don’t realize the extent of Wilson’s incapacitation during the final seventeen months of his presidency, with Edith effectively acting as a quasi-president.
Sep 20, 2024 · Edith Bolling Galt Wilson became the First Lady of the United States in 1915 after marrying Woodrow Wilson, a little over a year after his first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, died. Edith was known for her strong personality and became deeply involved in her husband’s political life.
Sep 26, 2024 · Edith Wilson was the first First Lady to travel internationally during an American president’s term in office, setting a standard for dressing for the international and diplomatic stage. She dressed the part, recognizing she was representing the United States among other world leaders.
Sep 17, 2024 · The Edith Wilson Papers have been arranged in nine separate series: Manuscripts, Correspondence, Programs and Fliers, Serials, Clippings, Quaker Oats Material, Personal Financial, Memorabilia, and Photographs.
Sep 23, 2024 · All of this has drawn comparisons between Jill Biden and another uniquely powerful First Lady, Edith Wilson. Some historians consider Edith Wilson the nation’s “first woman president”—and not without cause.
Sep 6, 2024 · Edith Wilson: The First Lady Who Became an Acting President — Without Being Elected For one year and five months, Wilson oversaw her husband’s presidential affairs while he recovered from his illness.
Sep 26, 2024 · Edith Kermit Roosevelt (née Carow; August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and the first lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909. She was previously the second lady of the United States in 1901 and the first lady of New York from 1899 to 1900.
Sep 12, 2024 · Edith Wilson (1915–21), Woodrow Wilson’s second wife, was an attentive companion to her hardworking husband but was decidedly less devoted to reform. At the end of World War I in 1918, she accompanied him to the peace talks at Versailles, France, becoming the first president’s wife to travel internationally amid such publicity.
3 days ago · Woodrow Wilson and Edith Wilson U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson and first lady Edith Wilson, 1919. (more) A trained political scientist and historian, Wilson believed that the president should be the leader of public opinion, the chief formulator of legislative policy, and virtually sovereign in the conduct of foreign relations .
3 days ago · Woodrow Wilson's first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, died in 1914 and in what might be described as 'love at first sight' he married widow Edith Bolling Galt in 1915, amid unkind rumors about their relationship.
