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11 de may. de 2024 · Ellen Wilson (born May 15, 1860, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.—died August 6, 1914, Washington, D.C.) was an American first lady (1913–14), the first wife of Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States. Although far less famous than her husband’s second wife, Edith Galt Wilson, Ellen played a large part in Woodrow’s career and ...
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (ur. 15 maja 1860 w Savannah , zm. 6 sierpnia 1914 w Waszyngtonie ) – pierwsza żona prezydenta USA Woodrowa Wilsona i pierwsza dama Stanów Zjednoczonych od 1913 roku do swojej śmierci.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson first saw Ellen when he was about six and she only a baby. In 1883, as a young lawyer from Atlanta, "Tommy" visited Rome (Georgia) and met "Miss Ellie Lou" again. She was looking after her father’s household. He wanted to marry her. The marriage took place in 1885, as she did not immediately wanted to leave her father alone.
Ellen also designed and established the White House Rose Garden at the executive mansion. The Ellen Axson Wilson Homecoming of 2014 celebrated 100 years after her death in August 1914. Her bronze memorial dedicated in 2015 commemorates the achievements of this amazing Renaissance woman, who not only touched Rome, but also the world around her.
Ellen Axson offered Wilson the chance to break their engagement, due to the societal shame of what was almost certainly her father’s suicide. He refused. During her residency in New York City, while studying at the Art Students League, Ellen Axson avidly indulged her free time by regularly visiting the rotating exhibits throughout the city’s network of art galleries.
Ellen Axson Wilson malt av hennes venn Frederic Yates - 1906 Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, født i Savannah, Georgia , [9] , datter av pastor Samuel Edward Axson, en Presbyteriansk prest, og hans kone Margaret Jane (født Hoyt) Axson, Ellen ble en kvinne av raffinert smak med en forkjærlighet for kunst, musikk og litteratur.
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." Mrs. Wilson was writing to thank President Taft for advice concerning the mansion he was leaving.
