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

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 Boling Galt Wilson, one of American history's most influential and complicated women."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593489994
  • ISBN: 0593489993
  • Physical Description: xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1913-1921.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 19 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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