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19 de abr. 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 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.
Ellen Louise Axson grew up in Rome, Georgia, where her father, the Reverend S.E. Axson, was a Presbyterian minister. Thomas Woodrow Wilson first saw her when he was about six and she only a baby. In 1883, as a young lawyer from Atlanta, “Tommy” visited Rome and met “Miss Ellie Lou” again — a beautiful girl now, keeping house for a bereaved father.
The President Woodrow Wilson House exhibited The Art of Ellen Axson Wilson- American Impressionist in 2011. The exhibition then traveled across the country for five years before returning to the Wilson House. When on view in Rome, Georgia (Ellen's birthplace and where she is buried), the Rome Area Council for the Arts put together a wonderful ...
Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914), the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson, was a reform-minded First Lady and an artist in the American Impressionist style. Born in Savannah Georgia in 1860, Ellen demonstrated artistic ability from an early age. From 1875 to 1878 she studied art with Helen F. Fairchild at the Female College in Rome, Georgia.
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and the mother of their three daughters. Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the daughter of a clergyman. She was born in Savannah, Georgia, but raised in Rome, Georgia. Having an artistic bent, she studied at the Art Students League of New York before her marriage, and continued to produce art in later life.
28. WILSON HOME OVERVIEW: BORN: May 15, 1860 Savannah, Georgia. EDUCATION: Female Seminary in Rome, Georgia. MARRIED: Woodrow Wilson (June 24, 1885) CHILDREN: Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886–1944) Jessie Woodrow Wilson (1887–1933) Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889–1967) POLITICAL PARTY: Democrat. HIGHLIGHTS: 1911-1913: First Lady of New Jersey ...
