Tag Archives: The Second 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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Herbert Hoover, Food Administrator

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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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Woodrow Wilson Proposes to Edith Galt

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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 →

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