goes over papers at his desk as his second wife Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872 - 1961) looks on, mid 1910s. Edith was often referred to as "secret president" because of the important role she ...

Infant mortality was a tragically common occurrence across Appalachia during Bolling Wilson’s lifetime. Two of her siblings died as babies. On September 24, 1903, her only child, a son, died after ...

I particularly enjoyed learning about daily life in 18th-century America.” Widow Edith Bolling is in no rush to find a new husband. However, she can’t resist Woodrow Wilson's charms ...