#Edith Galt Wilson

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Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson by Rebecca Boggs Roberts #BookReview

Edith Wilson could be called a lot of things: first lady, wife of Woodrow Wilson, and de facto President of the United States for about 18 months. #UntoldPower by #RebeccaBoggsRoberts #POTUS #FLOTUS #VikingPress #Bookreview #AudiobookReview #newbooks

Contrary to recent feminist maxims, the first woman president is not alive today. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. She hightailed her way out of Appalachian poverty and into the highest echelons of American power, and in 1919 effectively became the first woman president of the US (before women could even vote) when her husband, Woodrow Wilson, was…

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The Second Mrs. Wilson -- George Street Playhouse

The Second Mrs. Wilson — George Street Playhouse

Heaven bless Joe DiPietro for eschewing the current penchant for 90-minute works that dwell on issues or one character’s stifling neurosis in staccato shorthand that barely scratches surfaces or has any but self-consciously contrived emotional impact, and usually, if one is not Rachel Bonds, incompletely and immaturely.

Di Pietro’s “The Second Mrs. Wilson” is a welcome and laudable throwback to…

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LUSITANIA-DEAD WAKE

Erick Larson’s best seller Dead Wake, The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, to this reader raises as many questions about the 100-year-old story as it answers.  That in itself gives weight to this great mystery and the continued interest in this often explored maritime and political disaster.

Larson’s  writing begs for answers to the biggest question of all. Were the British through lack of…

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The White House September 19, 1915 My noble, incomparable Edith, I do not know how to express or analyze the conflicting emotions that have surged like a storm through my heart all night long. I only know that first and foremost in all my thoughts has been the glorious confirmation you gave me last night - without effort, unconsciously, as of course - of all I have ever thought of your mind and heart. You have the greatest soul, the noblest nature, the sweetest, most loving heart I have ever known, and my love, my reverence, my admiration for you, you have increased in one evening as I should have thought only a lifetime of intimate, loving association could have increased them. You are more wonderful and lovely in my eyes than you ever were before; and my pride and joy and gratitude that you should love me with such a perfect love are beyond all expression, except in some great poem which I cannot write. Your own, Woodrow

Woodrow Wilson to Edith Bolling Galt