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Dec 16, 2009 · Edith Wilson. Updated: March 15, 2019 | Original: December 16, 2009. Edith Wilson (1872-1961) was an American first lady (1915–21) and the second wife of Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of...
About The White House. First Families. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was second wife of the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson. She served as First Lady from 1915 to 1921. After the President...
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1913. Courtesy: Library of Congress. With war raging in Europe and his beloved wife Ellen dead, Woodrow Wilson was a lonely and unhappy man. But all of that changed...
First Lady Biography: Edith Wilson. EDITH BOLLING GALT WILSON. Born: Wytheville, Virginia. 1872, October 15. Father: William Holcombe Bolling, lawyer, judge, (1837-1899), born and died in Wytheville, Virginia. Mother: Sally White Bolling (1843-1925) born in Virginia, married September 16, 1860; died in Washington, D.C.
Edith Wilson “Secret president,” “first woman to the woman to run the government”—some historians have labeled a first lady whose role gained unusual significance when her husband suffered prolonged and disabling illness.
Edith Wilson. 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.
The president wasted no time introducing himself to Edith Bolling Galt, a 42-year-old widow. Edith lived most of her life either within or near the American capital, rarely bothering to follow politics.
