Jun 12, 2020 · For one year and five months, Wilson oversaw her husband's presidential affairs while he recovered from his illness. Unofficially, America has already had what might be called a First Lady...

Sep 27, 2015 · In 1914, Woodrow Wilson, our 28th president, lost his wife of 28 years to a kidney ailment. The following March, he met a 42-year-old widow named Edith Galt.

Edith Wilson (née Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was the first lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 and the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during his first term as president.

Jan 27, 2025 · Edith Wilson was an American first lady (1915–21), the second wife of Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States. When he was disabled by illness during his second term, she fulfilled many of his administrative duties.

In September 1919, Edith Wilson refused to have the U.S. accept the credentials of British representative Edward Grey who had been sent by his government to aid in the push for ratification of Wilson's League of Nations unless Grey dismissed one of his aides who was known to have made demeaning jokes at her expense.

Mar 27, 2018 · Edith Wilson, who hid the depth of her husband’s illness from the country, is the only one who actually got close to assuming the presidency. Edith met Woodrow Wilson during a chance encounter at the White House. His first wife, Ellen, had died of …

Dec 27, 2024 · Edith Wilson did not have any biological children. However, she was a stepmother to Woodrow Wilson's three daughters from his first marriage. Her relationship with them varied, but she was generally seen as a caring and involved stepmother.

Mar 24, 2023 · [REBROADCAST FROM March 10, 2023] For Feminist Fridays in honor of Women's History Month, we discuss the woman some consider to be the unofficial first female President: Edith Wilson. She helped run the country after …

Edith Wilson, née Bolling, was the First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921. She was raised in an extended Southern family that had lost its holdings after the Civil War. She was taught mostly at home by her grandmother and father.

Edith Wilson never intended to usurp her husband's power nor to become the "first woman President." As she told Wilson's doctor, "I am not thinking of the country now, I am thinking of my husband." But in seeking to protect the man she loved, …