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8. März 2023 · Of history's many stories of a power behind the throne, one of the most intriguing is that of Edith Wilson, first lady to President Woodrow Wilson. She met and married him in 1915, while he was serving in the White House. When Woodrow suffered a stroke and disappeared from public view in 1919, Edith became his gatekeeper and spokesperson.
12. März 2024 · She climbed her way out of Appalachian poverty and into the highest echelons of American power and in 1919 effectively acted as the first woman president of the U.S. (before women could even vote nationwide) when her husband, Woodrow Wilson, was incapacitated. Join Rebecca Boggs Roberts, author of Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex ...
24. März 2023 · Wilson was fortunate enough to have his wife, Edith, who performed many of her husband's presidential duties, all the while concealing the truth about her husband's condition from the public. A new biography details the life of Edith Wilson, the first, first lady to publish a memoir, the first to stand behind the President during the oath of office, and even the first woman with a driver's ...
Edith White Bolling Galt Wilson war die zweite Ehefrau des US-Präsidenten Woodrow Wilson und die First Lady der Vereinigten Staaten vom 18. Dezember 1915 bis zum 4. März 1921. Nachdem ihr Mann im Oktober 1919 einen Schlaganfall erlitten hatte, übernahm sie einige Zeit lang wichtige Staatsangelegenheiten.
Edith Bolling Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's second wife, is sometimes described as America's first woman President because of the role she played after the President's massive stroke in October 1919. Choosing to admit or turn away visitors and deciding what papers Wilson did or did not see, she was a controversial figure at the time and has remained so ever since. For her part, Edith Wilson ...
27. März 2018 · Edith Wilson would live for almost forty years after her husband’s death. She was active in political life, speaking at the 1928 Democratic Convention and attending the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961. Although Americans have never elected a female president, Edith Wilson got close. During her husband’s illness, she arguably ran the ...
So it happened that in 1915, less than a year after Woodrow Wilson’s first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, died, Edith’s connections led to her a chance meeting with the President. The pair quickly (and very quietly) fell in love and were married in a small private ceremony on December 18, 1915, at her home at 1308 20th Street, near Dupont Circle ...
