Today in History

December 18, 1915

The President Takes A Wife

President Woodrow Wilson was the last President of the United States to become a widower while in office when his wife died of Bright's Disease. A few months later, his sister introduced him to Edith Bolling-Galt from Wytheville, Virginia. President Wilson at age 58 married the 43 year old Edith on December 18, 1915. The couple took their honeymoon at Hot Springs, Virginia. During President Wilson's incapacity from a stroke, Edith Wilson quietly assumed the role of filtering the information that reached the President on a daily basis while the public was kept largely in the dark about his true condition. Many have referred to Edith Wilson as the "first female President" of the United States.

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