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Tag Archives: Ellen Wilson
Woodrow Wilson. Dr. Grayson. Edith. And Golf.
For Medicinal Purposes At his inaugural luncheon at the White House, the new President Woodrow Wilson had occasion to meet naval physician Dr. Cary Grayson, and invited him to become his personal physician. A few days later, when Grayson gave … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Col. Edmund Starling, Dr. Cary Grayson, Edith Galt, Edith Galt Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Helen Bones, history, Presidential history, the death of Ellen Wilson, The Great War, US history, White House history, White House Secret Service agent Starling, Wilson cousin Helen Bones, Wilson doctor Cary Grayson
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Woodrow Wilson and the Suffragettes
Woodrow Wilson liked women – and he liked intelligent women. WW: A Boy and His Family Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) grew up surrounded by three doting women: his mother, Jessie Woodrow – and two older sisters. A younger brother didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged "Remember the Ladies", Abigail Adams, American history, Edith Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edith Bolling Wilson, First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson, history, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, the woman's suffrage movement, US history, votes for women, White House history, Woman Suffrage, woman's history, Woodrow Wilson
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FLOTUS Ellen Wilson: American Impressionist
While many First Ladies displayed some artistic gifts, Ellen Wilson was arguably the most talented. Ellen Axson: Child to Woman Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914) was bookended by war: Born just as the American Civil War was about to start, dying … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, American Impressionists, American women artists, Ellen Axson, Ellen Axson Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Ellen Wilson, Florence Grisold Museum, Governor Woodrow Wilson, history, Lyme Summer school of Art, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, The Art Students' League, US history, White House history, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson at Princetown University, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Library
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The White House Nellie Weddings
White House Weddings Before Ulysses S. Grant was even born, there had been weddings in the White House. During James Madison’s administration, Dolley Madison’s widowed sister married her second husband, Thomas Todd. Some years later, James Monroe’s daughter Maria Hester … Continue reading
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Tagged Algernon Sartoris, American history, Dolley Madison, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Ellen Wrenshall Grant, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Family history, Grant son-in-las Sartoris, history, James Madison, James Monroe, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, John Adams II, John Quincy Adams, Julia Grant, Maria Hester Monroe, Nell Wilson McAdoo, Nellie Grant, Nellie Grant Sartoris, President Grant, President U.S. Grant, President Woodrow Wilson, Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Weddings in the White House, White House history, White House weddings, William G.McAdoo, Woodrow Wilson
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The Year of Four First Ladies: 1860-1861
Two First Ladies born in a year is unusual; three is rare. Four is extraordinary. Four First Ladies Are Born Between 1860 and 1861, four little girls were born who eventually would marry men who became Unites States Presidents. One … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Duchess", Edith Carow, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, Edith Roosevelt, Ellen Axson Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, Florence Harding, Florence Kling DeWolfe, FLorence Kling Harding, Helen Herron, Helen Herron Taft, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Warren Harding, Mrs. William H. Taft, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Nellie Taft, Presidential wives, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, White House history, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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