Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies

by Kristie Miller and Kristie Miller

Book Overview

The wives of Woodrow Wilson were strikingly different from each other. Ellen Axson Wilson, quiet and intellectual, died after just a year and a half in the White House and is thought to have had little impact on history. Edith Bolling Wilson was flamboyant and confident but left a legacy of controversy. Yet, as Kristie Miller shows, each played a significant role in the White House. Miller presents a rich and complex portrait of Wilson's wives, one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070061737X
• ISBN13: 9780700617371
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"