#Edith Galt Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn by Christopher Cox #BookReview #SimonandSchuster #ARCReview #Biography #USPresidents

Woodrow Wilson has been lauded as a great president, and in some ways he was. But a new book explores the fact that he was racist and sexist in ways that are all too imaginable. #BookReview #WoodrowWilsonTheLightWithdrawn #ARCReview #NetGalley

I love reading about most Presidents, and there’s a new biography of Woodrow Wilson you might want to check out. Most books mentioned in my reviews can be found at the affiliate links below or try your local library! (Amazon US) (Kindle Unlimited) (Amazon CA) (Amazon UK)  (AbeBooks) (Barnes & Noble) (Booksamillion)  (Audible.com) (Audiobooks.com) More than a century after he dominated American…

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mister president why are you so afraid of love. can you tell us your tragic backstory

edith is not my first wife

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The best way to review the first part of the presidents + wives letters book is to hand out awards.

Bubbliest Letter: Courtship letter from Abigail to John Adams

Most Exuberant Letter: Chester Arthur to his fiance Nell

Saddest Letter: Lucretia to James Garfield when she learned he was cheating on her while engaged

Goriest Letter: Rutherford B. Hayes describing Civil War battles to his wife

Most Creative Spelling: Rachel Jackson (My favorite is when "best" is spelled as "bhest")

Least Punctuation: Also Rachel Jackson (who used nothing but em-dashes)

Floweriest Love Letter: Woodrow Wilson to Edith Galt (who quotes an entire poem before the end of it)

Most Awkward Love Letter: The exact same letter by Woodrow Wilson, because it's a veiled-but-still-obviously "we just had sex" letter

Cutest Corniest Love Letters: Ronald to Nancy Reagan and Nancy to Ronald (Addressing a letter to "Darling Mommie Poo" is so corny, but also peak mid-century grandparent)

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Edith Wilson (née Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was the first lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 and the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during his first term as president. Edith Wilson played an influential role in President Wilson's administration following the severe stroke he suffered in October 1919. For the remainder of her husband's presidency, she managed the office of the president, a role she later described as a "stewardship," and determined which communications and matters of state were important enough to bring to the attention of the bedridden president.

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Don't stand by your man

Throw papa off the train! We get that spouses are supposed to be supportive. Stand by your man 🎵, and all that. But the villain —  well meaning though she may be — in this norm-busting presidential campaign is less Nurse Ratched and more Edith Galt Wilson.  “Doctor” Jill Biden reminds us of President Wilson’s second wife, the one who said all is well while she hid old Woodrow, felled by a…

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Woodrow Wilson

THE 28TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. 

Born: December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia, United States

Died: February 3, 1924, Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, D.C., United States

Spouse: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (m. 1915–1924), Ellen Axson Wilson (m. 1885–1914)

Presidential term: March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921

Children: Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre, Margaret Woodrow Wilson

Vice president: Thomas R. Marshall (1913–1921)

Party: Democratic Party

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Woodrow Wilson

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History

December 28, 1832 - John C. Calhoun became the first American ever to resign the office of vice president. He served under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and resigned after a series of political disagreements with President Jackson. He went on to become a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.

December 28, 1947 - Victor Emmanuel III, the last King of Italy, died while in exile in Alexandria, Egypt. He had become king upon the assassination of his father in 1900. Following World War I, he named Benito Mussolini to form a cabinet and then failed to prevent Mussolini's Fascists from seizing power. In 1946, he abdicated and went into exile.

Birthday - Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) the 28th U.S. President was born in Staunton, Virginia (as Thomas Woodrow Wilson). He served two terms from 1912 through 1921. Best remembered for stating, "The world must be made safe for democracy," while asking Congress for a declaration of war against Germany in 1917. Following the death of his first, he married Edith Bolling Galt in 1915. He had suffered a paralytic stroke in 1919 and never regained his health, leading to speculation that his wife was actually running the White House during his illness.

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The First Female (Acting) President of the U.S.

The First Female (Acting) President of the U.S.

If you’ve been over to my reading blog, then you probably know I am not a big fan of Woodrow Wilson. In fact, I would go so far as to rank him in my top five worst presidents we’ve ever had, and that is a pretty competitive list. But I’m not here to talk politics, I’m here to talk history. And regardless of how I feel about the man, he did pick a pretty savvy second wife. While I don’t agree…

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On December 18, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before, married Edith Bolling Galt.

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it is criminal that so few people know the story of edith bolling galt wilson

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#ARCReview #ThePresidentsWife #TraceyEnersonWood #NetGalley #BookReview #EdithWilson #WoodrowWilson #HistoricalFiction #August2023Books #SourcebooksLandmark

A forthcoming book examines the role #EdithWilson played in her husband, Woodrow's presidency. It's a fascinating look at the woman some say was the first female president! #ThePresidentsWife #TraceyEnersonWood #NetGalley #BookReview #WoodrowWilson

Socialite Edith Bolling has been in no hurry to find a new husband since she was widowed, preferring to fill her days with good friends and travel. But the enchanting courting of President Woodrow Wilson wins Edith over and she becomes the First Lady of the United States. The position is uncomfortable for the fiercely independent Edith, but she’s determined to rise to the challenges of her new…

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TOP 10 MADE MEN:

1. George Washington – He was the first president, and he had a lot of sex with lots of women. I'm sure that's why his dick is so big.

2. Abraham Lincoln – He was also the first president, but he didn't have as much sex as Washington. His dick wasn't even all that big though.

3. Thomas Jefferson – He was the 3rd president, and he was the only Founding Father who actually read the Declaration of Independence. Did you know that only seven men at the time of signing had ever had sex? That's why it says those men "pledged their sexual purity as a guarantee of the security of their future government." They had no idea what the fuck they were doing.

4. Patrick Henry – He really should have been number one. His famous quote is probably what got this whole country started: "Give me cock or give me balls." But his dick isn't that big.

5. Woodrow Wilson – He was the 28th president, and he led the country during World War I. He also had a victim, Edith Galt, whose mother was one of his mistresses. His wife was so disgusted by this, she killed herself. How can you have a meaningful political career with a wife like that?

6. Thomas Edison – He's probably most famous for inventing the light bulb and the movie camera all by himself. Fact: he is credited for inventing sex, but we all know that he stole from Albert Sex.

7. Franklin Delano Roosevelt – He was the 32nd president and won a bunch of World War II battles. Everyone knows about his "night of passion" with Eleanor but do you really know anything about that woman other than the fact that she was just some girl?

8. Lyndon B. Johnson – He was the 36th president who had sex with lots of women other than his wife. One of them? Barbara Jean "Candy" Franklin, whose father had been killed by Germans in World War II. He married her despite the fact that her father had previously been married to his first lady.

9. John F. Kennedy – He was the 35th president and had sex with many, many women. His member is famously known as the "Little Piggy", presumably after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.

10. Bill Clinton – The 42nd president and husband of former First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. His sexual affair with Monica Bellucci was exposed during his first presidential campaign. But can you fight off the advances of a babe like that?

See how easy this was? Anyway, there you have it, folks.

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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Emile Alexay, 1924, Smithsonian: National Portrait Gallery

Size: 117.5cm x 79.5cm (46 1/4" x 31 5/16"), Accurate Medium: Oil on canvas

https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.69.43

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Edith Wilson was the wife of the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. She came back home to the White House one day to discover her husband on the bathroom floor and had suffered a massive stroke.

The hidden history behind Edith Wilson was that she secretly ran the White House for her husband in his ill without the country knowing. No one knew in the country that her husband was not able to operate in the capacity that he should as President. Therefore, she served as a shadow President of the country well before the time of anyone even being open to a woman being President.

Edith Wilson was a worker at a jewelry store in DC before her marriage to her husband during his Presidency.

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History

December 28, 1832 - John C. Calhoun became the first American ever to resign the office of vice president. He served under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and resigned after a series of political disagreements with President Jackson. He went on to become a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.

December 28, 1947 - Victor Emmanuel III, the last King of Italy, died while in exile in Alexandria, Egypt. He had become king upon the assassination of his father in 1900. Following World War I, he named Benito Mussolini to form a cabinet and then failed to prevent Mussolini's Fascists from seizing power. In 1946, he abdicated and went into exile.

Birthday - Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) the 28th U.S. President was born in Staunton, Virginia (as Thomas Woodrow Wilson). He served two terms from 1912 through 1921. Best remembered for stating, "The world must be made safe for democracy," while asking Congress for a declaration of war against Germany in 1917. Following the death of his first, he married Edith Bolling Galt in 1915. He had suffered a paralytic stroke in 1919 and never regained his health, leading to speculation that his wife was actually running the White House during his illness.

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Love Letters Straight to Your Heart

Love Letters Straight to Your Heart By Mark Hartsell Published February 13, 2020 at 10:54AM

  “Devoted lover,” Ulysses S. Grant. ca. 1860. Photo: Bain News Service. Prints and Photographs Division. 

History knows Ulysses S. Grant as the relentless Union commander who subdued the South, guided by a simple and brutally effective philosophy of war: Hit them as soon as you can, hit them as hard as you can, move on. Few know Grant the romantic — the all-lovey-dovey writer of more than 100 love letters to lifelong sweetheart Julia Dent. He was a softie who accessorized his words with flower petals and locks of hair.

Grant’s grandson, Ulysses S. Grant III, donated that trove of letters to the Library of Congress in 1960, where they joined countless other love notes in the collections — centuries of devotion, passion, longing, regret and heartbreak put down on paper. “My happiness would be complete if a return mail should bring me a letter seting [sic] the time — not far distant — when I might ‘clasp that little hand and call it mine,” Grant wrote to Dent, then his fiance, in an 1846 note signed “your devoted lover.”

If Grant’s letters are earnestly romantic, others are whimsical and offbeat. Film and theater director Rouben Mamoulian kept many cats in his home and playfully wrote love poems from one to another (“For Azadia on her birthday Jan. 16 — Piddles the Kitten”). In the letters of Navy officer Richard Merwin and his wife, their terms of endearment (“Dearest Stinky”) might not sound romantic to all ears, but it apparently worked for them. During the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, Wilson’s daughter Eleanor became engaged to (and would marry) his treasury secretary, William McAdoo. McAdoo sent Eleanor florid love letters, signing off with a not-so-mushy flourish: “Ever your Devoted, ‘Mr. Secretary.’ ”

Wilson himself was an enthusiastic practitioner of the art.

Wilson’s wife, Ellen, died in 1914, early in his first term. Seven months later, he was introduced to Edith Bolling Galt, the 42-year-old widow of a prominent Washington jeweler.

Wilson was smitten. They began exchanging notes — sometimes several per day.

“Adorable Lady, When I know that I am going to see you and am all aquiver with the thought, how can I use this stupid pen to tell you that I love you?” he wrote two months after meeting her.

In December 1915, Wilson and Galt married in a ceremony at her house — it was too close to the death of his first wife to hold it at the White House.

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War separates sweethearts, and, in an era without email, FaceTime or easy access to telephones, letters often were the only means of communication.

Robert Ware. Veterans History Project.

Such correspondence — telegrams, valentines, letters sealed with lipstick kisses — are preserved in the Veterans History Project, a testament to love amid the uncertainties and hardships of war. Robert Ware, a native of Amherst, Va., had just graduated from the Medical School of Virginia in 1940 when he enlisted in the Virginia National Guard, long before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He married Martha Wood, a teacher who had graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. They soon had a son, Bob.

Ware was assigned to the Army’s 104th Medical Battalion and was based in the U.S. for much of World War II. But in early 1942,  he was in England as the Allies prepared to invade Europe. Two days before D-Day, Martha wrote to him, pondering their already-lost years and their precarious future: “Do you know the quotation that says, ‘Tho a man be dead, yet shall he live.’ I think I’ve come to know what that means these two years as I watched my 20s slip away and realized that we have never yet had our chance and have no hope of it for a long time.

Martha Ware with the couple’s son, Bob. Veterans History Project.

“I am only living on the faith that God will give me a chance before it’s too late — a chance at a permanent home, children, a certain amount of financial security and above all a chance to live with the man I love so devotedly, so completely — my husband.”

The next day, June 5, 1944, she mailed him a Father’s Day card from Bob, now a toddler.

Ware never saw their letters.  The next morning, as a battlefield surgeon, “he volunteered to go with his men on the early dawn run to Omaha Beach in one of the first waves, believing that his services would needed much more desperately sooner rather than later,” according to his VHP biography. He never made it to the beach. “[H]e was struck and killed by hostile fire while attempting to disembark from his landing craft.”

He was 30 years old.

He was buried in Plot G, Row 17, Grave 8 of the U.S. Military Cemetery in St. Laurent, France, overlooking Omaha Beach.

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Not all letters that deal with love are romantic — quite the opposite, in the case of young Abraham Lincoln.

In 1836, Lincoln agreed to marry Mary Owens, whom he’d met several years earlier when she was visiting her sister in New Salem, Illinois.

Upon seeing her again, Lincoln changed his mind and promptly sought — successfully — to wriggle out of the arrangement in a have-a-nice-life letter to her:

“You can now drop the subject, dismiss your thoughts (if you ever had any) from me forever, and leave this letter unanswered, without calling forth one accusing murmer (sic)? from me. … If it suits you best to not answer this — farewell — a long life and a merry one attend you.”

He later described the incident in a letter (held by the Huntington Library) to a friend, complaining of Owens’ “want of teeth,” “weather-beaten appearance” and weight: A notion “ran in my head that nothing could have commenced at the size of infancy, and reached her present bulk in less than thirtyfive (sic)? or forty years.”

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Julia Dent, circa 1865. Prints and Photographs Division.

Grant and Dent, though, married in 1848 and remained devoted to each other until his death in 1885, through war and peace and two terms in the White House.

In 1875, during Grant’s second term, Julia remembered the anniversary of their engagement and sent the president, busy at work, a note marked for immediate delivery:

“Dear Ulys: How many years ago to day is that we were engaged? Just such a day as this too was it not? Julia.”

Grant quickly returned the note, his reply scrawled at the bottom:

“Thirty-one years ago. I was so frightened however that I do not remember whether it was warm or snowing. Ulys.”

Grant’s reply to his wife, on their anniversary. Manuscript Division.

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