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.

2024年2月21日 · On December 18, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson married Edith Galt in Washington, D.C. at her home with a joint ceremony performed by his pastor and her reverend. The following year, he commissioned for Adolfo Müller …

At the age of 24, Edith married a wealthy Washington, D.C. jeweler named Norman Galt. Galt died in 1908 but Edith maintained ownership of her husband’s business and established her place among the capital’s social elite.

2025年1月27日 · Edith Wilson (born October 15, 1872, Wytheville, Virginia, U.S.—died December 28, 1961, Washington, D.C.) 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.

2024年7月24日 · Edith Bolling Galt Wilson married President Woodrow Wilson on December 18, 1915, shortly before he began serving his second term in the White House. When the president suffered a debilitating stroke late in 1919, Edith Wilson assumed what she called the “stewardship of the presidency,” a constitutionally unprecedented role that led her to ...

She was the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson who was in office from 1913-1921. Edith Wilson married the widower Wilson in December of 1915, during his first term as president. But following a severe stroke President Wilson suffered in October of 1919, First Lady Wilson essentially spoke and acted on the president’s behalf.

2009年12月16日 · Edith Wilson (1872-1961) was an American first lady (1915–21) and the second wife of Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States. The couple married just a year after the 1914...

His beloved first wife, Ellen Louise Wilson, died from Bright's disease on August 6, 1914. Her death devastated the president. Always in need of female companionship and affection, Wilson eventually recovered to court and marry Edith Bolling Galt on December 18, 1915.

2024年12月11日 · Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872-1961), the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson, is represented by a large collection (19,000 items; 1833-1961), most of which dates after her husband's death in 1924. Drafts of Edith's memoirs are noteworthy, as is her correspondence with political leaders, including other twentieth-century first ladies and ...

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 ...