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Author Roberts, Rebecca Boggs, author.

Title Untold power : the fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson / Rebecca Boggs Roberts.

Publication Info. [New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3051124~S1
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 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO WILSON    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO WILSON    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO WILSON    AVAILABLE
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Description xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 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.
Summary "This portrait of the first acting woman president, written by a leading historian on women's suffrage and power, tracks the ascent of Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, one of American history's most influential and complicated women"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921.
Added Title Fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
ISBN 9780593489994 (hardcover)
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