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Tag Archives: President Woodrow Wilson
The Abysmal Health of Woodrow Wilson
If his health history had been known in 1912, Woodrow Wilson might never have been nominated. The White House Physician: Cary T. Grayson Shortly after President Woodrow Wilson took the oath of office in 1913, there was a luncheon for … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Ellen Axson Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Ellen Wilson, history, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, US history, White House history, Wilson's history of strokes, Wilson's personal physician, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's health, Woodrow Wilson's health history
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VP Thomas Marshall and the Flag
Thomas Marshall is one of the unknown and generally disregarded Vice Presidents….but… About Tom Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) was an attorney, and like James Madison, diminutive in stature – perhaps only 5’2 or 3”. An Indiana Hoosier, he gravitated … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Asst. Sec. of the Navy F.D. Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, history, Indiana Governor thoas Marshall, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, The Vice Presidency, US history, Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, VP Thomas Marshall, Wilson's VP Marshall
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Herbert Hoover, Food Administrator
When World War I finally came to US shores, President Wilson summoned Herbert Hoover back home. The Hoovers: Ex-Pats For nearly twenty years, Mr. And Mrs. Herbert Hoover had lived abroad, in various and exotic locations. They didn’t even have … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Edith Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edith Wilson, First World War, Food Administration publicity campaign, Herbert Hoover, history, Lou Henry Hoover, President Woodrow Wilson, saving food during WWI, The Food Administration, The Second Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, The World's Bread Basket, US history, Woodrow Wilson, World War I history
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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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BACK OVER THERE: A Book Review
One hundred years ago, after futilely preaching neutrality for three years, President Woodrow Wilson, exhausted of options, finally entered “the war to end all wars” so the world could be made safe for democracy. Two million young American fellows left … Continue reading
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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Mrs. Hoover’s Bad Habit: The “Surprise Supreme”
Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover started their marriage in China – with six servants. They didn’t need them, but it was customary – in China. The Mining Engineer Both Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry were graduates of Stanford University, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Belgiam Relief in World War I, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, Girl Scouts, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Hoover during WWI, history, Lou Henry Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover and the Girl Scouts, President Herbert Hoover, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential entertaining, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Food Administration, The White House Surprise Supreme, US history, White House history, White House housekeeper Ava Long, World War I Belgian Relief, World War I Food Administration, WWI Belgian Relief, WWI Food Administration
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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
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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
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FDR Glimpses the Future: 1920
In 1920, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was thirty-eight years old, and the Democratic party’s candidate for Vice President. FDR: A Moderate Career Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was not a spectacular rise to success by any means. He had a rather spoiled … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Democratic Candidate James Cox, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, FDR's early years, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's early years, Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, history, James Cox, Louis Howe, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Republican candidate for VP Calvin Coolidge, Republican candidate Warren G Harding, The election of 1920, The League of NAtions, the United Nations, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's stroke
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The Death of the First Mrs. Wilson
One of the most underrated First Ladies of the 20th century is the intelligent, gentle and multi-talented Ellen Wilson – Woodrow Wilson’s first wife. Ellen Axson: Georgia Peach The life of Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914) was bookended by war: Born … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Ellen Axson, Ellen Axson Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson, First Lady Ellen Wilson, First Lady History, history, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Paintings by Ellen Wilson, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, the accomplishments of Ellen Wilson, The art of Ellen Wilson, the first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, White Hosue history, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's family
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