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Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914) [1] was the first lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914, as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the daughter of a clergyman.
Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914.
Dec 16, 2009 · Ellen Wilson (1860-1914) was an American first lady (1913-14) and the first wife of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States. Although far less well-known than her husband’s second...
First Lady Biography: Ellen Wilson. ELLEN LOUISE AXSON WILSON. Born: 15 May, 1860. Savannah, Georgia. Ellen Louise Axson was named after two aunts and born in the home of her paternal grandparents. Father: Samuel Edward Axson, was born 23 December 1836, in Waltourville, Georgia.
While her grandfather had owned enslaved people, as first lady Ellen Wilson supported legislation to improve housing and sanitation in African-American neighborhoods of the nation's capital. Visiting dilapidated alleys, she brought them to the attention of debutantes and Congressmen.
Artist, activist, wife, mother, and First Lady, Ellen Wilson had been a partner with her husband from the beginning of his career and added greater dimension to the role of presidential spouse.
Mar 31, 2006 · Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth president of the United States. She was the first Georgia native to serve as the nation’s first lady.
Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914.
Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914. “I am naturally the most unambitious of women and life in the White House has no attractions for me.”
Thrust into the role of first lady upon Woodrow's election as president in 1912, Ellen Wilson's artistic desire gave way to official duty. She installed a studio with a skylight on the top...
