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Roberts, Rebecca Boggs,

Untold power : the fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson / Fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson Rebecca Boggs Roberts. - xv, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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"--

ISBN: 9780593489994 0593489993

Standard No.: 40031704152

LCCN: 2022040220

Subjects--Personal Names:
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.