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3 de may. de 2024 · Early Years Edith Bolling was born on October 15, 1872, in Wytheville to William Holcombe Bolling, a circuit court judge, and Sallie Spiers White Bolling. She was the seventh of eleven children, nine of whom lived to adulthood. The Bollings were a prominent Virginia family, counting Pocahontas, Thomas Jefferson, , and Robert E. Read more about: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872–1961)
President Woodrow Wilson, seated at desk with his wife, Edith Bolling Galt, standing at his side. 1920. Library of Congress Early Life. Edith Bolling (Galt Wilson) was born on October 15, 1872, in Wytheville, Virginia, to circuit-court judge William Holcombe Bolling and Sarah “Sallie” Spears (née White). Bolling was the seventh of eleven ...
So it happened that in 1915, less than a year after Woodrow Wilson’s first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, died, Edith’s connections led to her a chance meeting with the President. The pair quickly (and very quietly) fell in love and were married in a small private ceremony on December 18, 1915, at her home at 1308 20th Street, near Dupont Circle ...
Edith White Bolling Galt Wilson (October 15, 1872 — December 28, 1961), second wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, was First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921. She met the President in March 1915 and they married nine months later.
Sally White Bolling (1843-1925) born in Virginia, married September 16, 1860; died in Washington, D.C. Ancestry: English, Native American; Edith Wilson traced her ancestors to colonial Virginia and either by blood or through marriage; she was related to Thomas Jefferson, Martha Washington, Letitia Tyler and the Harrison family.
5 de may. de 2024 · 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.
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.
