With war raging in Europe and his beloved wife Ellen dead, Woodrow Wilson was a lonely and unhappy man. But all of that changed one afternoon in 1915, when the doors of the White House elevator opened ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. The role of first lady couldn’t be stranger. You attain the position almost by accident, ...

WHEN THE CHEERING STOPPED by Gene Smith. 307 pages. Morrow. $5.95. Though few historians have recorded it and not many voters realized it at the time, the U.S. has already had, in effect, a woman ...

Edith Wilson Edith Wilson of Pleasant Hill passed away peacefully on February 11 with her family by her side. She was 95 years old. Born Edith Gott in Oxnard in 1909, she led a long and full life. She ...

This video is no longer available. Before women had the right to vote in the U.S., we already had an acting woman president, according to Rebecca Boggs Roberts, the author of “Untold Power: The ...

Prologue -- The cover-up -- A bad day -- The first Mrs. Wilson -- "The President is paralyzed!" -- A modern woman -- Less is more -- Teddy and Woodrow -- Attack from within -- The ardent lover -- "The ...

Jill Biden is becoming the Edith Wilson of America. Edith Wilson was President Woodrow Wilson’s second wife. She ran the country for a year and a half after Wilson was incapacitated following a ...

WILSON, Edith (Deming) Edith (Deming) Wilson, 93, formerly of 35 Ellsworth Boulevard, Berlin, the widow of Dr. Dwight E. Wilson, died Monday afternoon (August 25, 2008), at The Hospital of Central ...

Edith (nee Diston) Wilson, age 92, Edith (nee Diston) Wilson, age 92, of SW. Phila., passed away March 13, 2013. Wife of the late Paul Wilson and mother of the late Thomas Wilson. Also predeceased by ...

Edith K. Wilson was taken home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005. Born to Edith G., nee Rogers and James Wilson on March 31, 1911 in Buffalo, NY, living at one point within walking ...