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5 feb 2018 · Wikimedia Commons Edith Wilson. On the evening of Sept. 25, 1919, Edith Wilson, wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States of America, found her husband on the floor of his bathroom, in the middle of a stroke. Within a few weeks, he was completely bedridden, unable to take meetings or attend to his daily duties.
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson ( Wytheville ( Virginia) 15 oktober 1872 — Washington D.C., 28 december 1961) was de tweede vrouw van de Amerikaanse president Woodrow Wilson en first lady van de Verenigde Staten tussen 1915 en 1921. Ze werd bestempeld als de Geheime President en de eerste vrouw die de regering leidde voor de rol die ze speelde ...
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.
28 dic 2023 · A few years after her husband’s unexpected death, Edith Galt caught the attention of widower President Woodrow Wilson, who was grieving the loss of his first wife, Ellen. The two fell in love and became inseparable, marrying in 1915. As First Lady, Edith Wilson frequently traveled with her husband, and even ran the affairs of the Executive ...
7 mar 2023 · By December 1919, Edith Wilson had finally settled into a routine. After weeks of increasingly frail health, her husband, President Woodrow Wilson, had suffered a massive stroke on October 2.
12 mar 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 ...
Edith’s central role in her husband’s presidency ultimately became her legacy. When Woodrow Wilson endured his second stroke in 1919, Edith took on the role of gatekeeper to the Oval Office. Insistent that her husband’s dire illness be kept secret, Edith safeguarded his condition from even his closest advisors and demanded that ALL ...
