Tag Archives: the first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson

The Long Retirement of The Widow Wilson

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Feather Foster

  Edith Wilson (the Second Mrs. WW) was one of our longest lived FLOTUSES. The Second Mrs. Woodrow Edith Bolling Galt was a comfortably fixed 42-year-old widow when she met sitting President Woodrow Wilson, a recent widower fifteen years her … Continue reading →

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The Death of the First Mrs. Wilson

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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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