-
Recent Posts
Archives
-
Join 282 other subscribers
Meta
Nifty Sites to Check
Categories
- A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog
- Abraham Lincoln
- American Civil War
- Andrew Jackson
- Andrew Johnson
- Andrew Johnson
- Benjamin Harrison
- Calvin Coolidge
- Chester Arthur
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin Pierce
- George Washington
- Grover Cleveland
- Harry S Truman
- Herbert Hoover
- James Buchanan
- James Garfield
- James K. Polk
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Adams
- John Quincy Adams
- John Tyler
- Martin Van Buren
- Millard Fillmore
- Nifty History People
- Presidential Sites
- Recommended Reading
- Rutherford Hayes
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Thomas Jefferson
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Warren G. Harding
- William Henry Harrison
- William Howard Taft
- William McKinley
- Woodrow Wilson
- Zachary Taylor
Tag Archives: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
Edith Wilson and the Lalique Brooch
Edith Bolling Galt was the widow of a prestigious Washington jeweler. The Jeweler’s Wife Edith Bolling was born in 1872. Her father was a well respected Virginia judge, somewhat down on his fortunes following the Civil War. Edith was also … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edity Wilson, First Lady History, French designer Rene Lalique, French jeweler Rene Lalique, Galt's Jewelry, history, Louis Comfort TIffany, Norman Galt, painter Seymour M. Stone, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, Rene Lalique, the Lalique Peace brooch, The Peace Talks after the Great War, The Second Mrs. Wilson, US history, White House history, Wilson and the Great War, Wilson and the Peace Talks, Woodrow Wilson House
2 Comments
The Six FLOTUS Widows of 1947
In January, 1947, five (and maybe a “half”) widowed First Ladies were still living. Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947) Frances Cleveland was a First Lady of many distinctions. She was First Lady two separate times, during the non-consecutive terms of Grover … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, First Lady Edith Wilson, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady Frances Cleveland, First Lady Grace Coolidge, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, history, Mary Dimmick Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, President Calvin Coolidge, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential widows, Presidential Wife Mary Harrison, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
Leave a comment
The Stewardship of the Second Mrs. Wilson
“Steward” was the word that Edith Bolling Wilson used to describe herself during the last 18-months of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, when he suffered a crippling stroke. Edith Bolling Wilson: A Conspiracy Theory? Modern historians, freed by the distance of a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged "the first woman president", American First Ladies, American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Edith Wilson, First World War, history, Joseph Tumulty, League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, Thomas R. Marshall, US history, Vice President Thomas Marshall, White House history, Wilson physician Cary Grayson, Wilson secretary Joseph Tumulty, Wilson VP Marshall, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's stroke, World War I
Leave a comment
Woodrow and Edith Wilson: Honeymooners
The widowed Wilson married the widowed Mrs. Galt only eight months after they had met. The Wilsons: A New First Couple The morning of December 16, 1915, Woodrow Wilson was a happy man. Aides said the new bridegroom was whistling … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Edith, Edith Bolling Galt, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Galt, Edith Wilson, Edith Wilson Red Cross volunteer, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, history, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Great War, The Second Mrs. Wilson, White House history, Wilson's doctor, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's health, World War I
Leave a comment
Woodrow Wilson Proposes to Edith Galt
President Woodrow Wilson proposed to the Widow Galt only two months after they met. The Wilson Secret Engagement Woodrow Wilson had adored his wife of thirty years, and was understandably devastated and depressed when she died, only fifteen months after … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, history, President Wilson, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Second Mrs. Wilson, The Second Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, The Wilson Wives, Wilson's second marriage, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson marries, Woodrow Wilson's engagement
3 Comments
Edith Wilson, The Merry Widow Galt
At forty-two years old, Edith Bolling Galt embarked on a surprising role on the national scene. Miss Bolling The Bollings are an old old Virginia family, dating back to Pocahontas. Edith, the seventh of nine children, was born in 1872, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged Altrude Gordon, American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Edith BOlling, Edith Bolling Galt, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Helen B ones, history, Norman Galt, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, Presidential romance, Presidential wives, The Second Mrs. Wilson, Woodrow and Edith Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson and his second wife
1 Comment
Presidential History Blog 