Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson

by William Hazelgrove

Book Overview

After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a paralyzing stroke in the fall of 1919, his wife, First Lady Edith Wilson, began to handle the day-to-day responsibilities of the Executive Office. Mrs. Wilson had had little formal education and had only been married to President Wilson for four years; yet, in the tenuous peace following the end of World War I, Mrs. Wilson assumed the authority of the office of the president, reading all correspondence intended...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162157475X
• ISBN13: 9781621574750
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Regnery History
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"