Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

by Rebecca Boggs Roberts

Book Overview

A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a leading historian on women's suffrage and power

While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president--and though history has downplayed her role--just over a century ago a woman became the nation's first acting president. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. She climbed her way out of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593489993
• ISBN13: 9780593489994
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.1" x 12.0"