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Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914) was the first lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914, as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the daughter of a clergyman.
Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914.
Mar 31, 2006 · Ellen Axson Wilson, pictured in 1912, became the first Georgian to serve as first lady of the United States when her husband, Woodrow Wilson, won the 1912 presidential election. Ellen Wilson was born in Savannah and grew up primarily in Rome, where her father was a Presbyterian minister.
Dec 16, 2009 · Ellen Wilson (1860-1914) was an American first lady (1913-14) and the first wife of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States. Although far less well-known than her husband’s...
While her grandfather had owned enslaved people, as first lady Ellen Wilson supported legislation to improve housing and sanitation in African-American neighborhoods of the nation's capital. Visiting dilapidated alleys, she brought them to the attention of debutantes and Congressmen.
Ellen Wilson died at the age of 54 as war was breaking out in Europe. In the days after her death, Wilson wandered alone through the White House.
Ellen Wilson was an ardent public activist and used her position to focus attention on various causes and concerns. She supported regional arts and promoted children's issues, including truancy laws, child labor, child neglect, and the need for school recreation facilities.
Thrust into the role of first lady upon Woodrow's election as president in 1912, Ellen Wilson's artistic desire gave way to official duty. She installed a studio with a skylight on the top...
Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914. “I am naturally the most unambitious of women and life in the White House has no attractions for me.”
Wilson became governor of New Jersey in 1911 and president of the United States in 1913. One of Ellen Wilson's first acts as first lady was to cancel the Inaugural Ball, which both she and her husband thought was frivolous and inappropriate with the world on the brink of war.
