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Untold power the fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

"This portrait of the first acting woman president, written by a leading historian on women's suffrage and power, tracks the ascent of Edith Boling Galt Wilson, one of American history's most influential and complicated women"--

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Main Author: Roberts, Rebecca Boggs (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Viking, [2023]
Subjects:
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, > 1872-1961.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
Wilson, Woodrow, > 1856-1924.
United States > Politics and government > 1913-1921.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • A Virginia childhood 1872-1891
  • Woman of Washington 1891-1908
  • Merry widow 1908-1914
  • Romanced by the President 1915
  • The First Lady in war 1916-1918
  • The First Lady in peace 1918-1919
  • The stroke 1919
  • "Stewardship" 1919-1921
  • After the White House 1921-1924
  • Woman of Washington reprise 1924-1961.

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