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Born in Wytheville, Edith Bolling (October 15, 1872–December 28, 1961) traced her ancestry to Pocahontas and Thomas Jefferson. She attended Martha Washington College, in Abingdon, and then the Richmond Female Seminary. In 1896, she married Norman Galt, the owner of a jewelry store in Washington, D.C. After Galt died, she oversaw the business ...
Norman Galt Died 1915: Married Woodrow Wilson (12/18/1915) 1915-1921: First Lady of the United States. DIED: December 28, 1961 (age 89) Washington, DC. PORTRAITS: (Photographer: Arnold Genthe/ 1915/ Library of Congress) RESOURCES: President Wilson and Mrs. Edith Wilson at a baseball game on 10/9/1915 during his second term in office.
Artist Emile Alexay, 1891 - 1949 Sitter Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 15 Oct 1872 - 28 Dec 1961 Date 1924 Type Painting Medium
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. She was born on October 15, 1872, in the rural Virginia town of Wytheville.
16 de sept. de 2023 · Born in 1872 in West Virginia, Edith Bolling was the daughter of Judge William Holcombe Bolling and Sallie White Bolling. Her ancestry traces back to Colonial Virginia. She is a descendant of Pocahontas on her father’s side. She was related by either blood or marriage to Thomas Jefferson, Martha Washington, and Letitia Christian Tyler, first ...
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. This oil on canvas portrait of First Lady Edith Wilson was done by Adolfo Müller-Ury. Müller-Ury was descended from Charlemagne and Alfred the Great, and studied painting in Switzerland, Munich, Paris, and Rome. Edith Wilson was widowed young before she met Woodrow Wilson and their marriage in 1915, two years into ...
Discover Edith Bolling Wilson’s birthplace, family home, and presidential historic site in downtown Wytheville, Virginia. As one of only eight historic sites across the country dedicated to the interpretation of a First Lady, this museum tells the story of the overlooked, yet vitally important role Edith Bolling Wilson played in the White House at a pivotal moment during World War I.
