2020-02-05 Wed

Edith Wilson was the first lady of the United States of America and the wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She was the second wife of the president Edith Wilson.

Edith Wilson was born in Wytheville, Virginia, on October 15, 1872. When she turned 15, she went to Martha Washington College to study music. She got married to Woodrow Wilson on December 18, 1915.

Edith Wilson played an important role after her husband’s president Woodrow Wilson's massive stroke in the year 1919. She chose which visitors he saw and what papers he read, though she insisted she never made a single decision on public affairs. She chose which visitors he saw and what papers he read, though she insisted she never made a single decision on public affairs. The couple moved to the white house in the year 1921. President Woodrow Wilson died in the year1924.

The United States of America had issued this commemorative USD10 with the theme of Edith Wilson in the year 2013.

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