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22 de mar. de 2023 · The Rise of Edith Wilson. While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became the nation’s first acting president. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. Rebecca Roberts, author of the new biography Untold Power ...
25 de mar. de 2023 · Edith White Wilson (Bolling), (October 15, 1872–December 28, 1961), second wife of Woodrow Wilson, was First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921. She has been labeled "the Secret President" and "the first woman to run the government" for the role she played when her husband suffered prolonged and disabling illness. Some even refer to her as "the first female president of the United ...
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 suffered a severe stroke, she pre-screened all matters of state, functionally running the Executive branch of government for the remainder of Wilson’s second term.
With war raging in Europe and his beloved wife Ellen dead, Woodrow Wilson was a lonely and unhappy man. But all of that changed one afternoon in 1915, when the doors of the White House elevator opened to reveal a striking woman in walking clothes and muddy boots. The president wasted no time introducing himself to Edith Bolling Galt, a 42-year-old widow.
RESOURCES: President Wilson and Mrs. Edith Wilson at a baseball game on 10/9/1915 during his second term in office. (Wilson Presidential Library)
Museum, attraction in Wytheville, VA, shares history of Edith Bolling Wilson with families, visitors and tourists looking for things to do in Southwest Virginia.
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson ( Wytheville, 5 ottobre 1872 – Washington, 28 dicembre 1961) è stata una first lady statunitense .
