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	Ellen Louise Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914), first wife of Woodrow Wilson, was First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death.
		Ellen Louise Axson grew up in Rome, Georgia, where her father, the Reverend S.E. Axson, was a Presbyterian minister.
		Descendant of slave owners, Ellen Wilson lent her prestige to the cause of improving housing in the capital's Negro slums.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ellen_Louise_Wilson (542 words)

	Edith Bolling Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wilson returned to campaign for Senate approval of the peace treaty and the League of Nations Covenant.
		As one historian, Phyllis Levin, a former reporter for the New York Times, wrote, Edith Wilson was "a woman of narrow views and formidable determination" and blamed her for numerous diplomatic failures that occurred during her husband's incapacitation.
		Wilson left her home to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to be made into a museum honoring her husband.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edith_Bolling_Wilson (920 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Ellen Axson Wilson was the wife of Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth president of the United States.
		Wilson was a reluctant politician's wife, but after her husband became the governor of New Jersey, she carried out her role with grace and dignity.
		Wilson won the 1912 presidential election, and in March 1913 the family moved into the White House in Washington, D.C. As First Lady, Wilson became concerned by the abysmal conditions of the alleys and back streets of Washington, and she campaigned for the passage of a bill to clean up the streets.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/HistoryArchaeology/LateNineteenthCentury/People-10&id=h-2503 (1274 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Woodrow Wilson in Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Wilson wrote a set of bylaws for the club members to follow and required them to practice parliamentary procedure during their meetings, which were often held in the hayloft of the carriage house behind the Wilsons' home.
		In 1870 Wilson's father was called by his denomination to become professor of pastoral and evangelical theology and sacred rhetoric at the Columbia Theological Seminary, then located in Columbia, South Carolina.
		Wilson was remarried in December 1915 to Edith Bolling Galt.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2904 (1314 words)

	Georgia Women of Achievement: 1996 Inductee ELLEN LOUISE AXSON WILSON
		Ellen Louise Axson Wilson was born in Savannah in 1860, educated in Rome, studied art in New York City and on March 4, 1913 became the First Lady of the United States.
		Ellen married Woodrow Wilson in June of 1885 in Savannah.
		Ellen held open house at the White House on Saturdays so working ladies could attend and visited government offices, where she crusaded for better working conditions for all people and for women in particular.
	www.gawomen.org /honorees/wilsone.htm (254 words)

	Ellen Louise Wilson - Simple English Wikipedia
		Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 - August 6, 1914) was the first wife of Woodrow Wilson.
		A third child named Eleanor was born in Connecticut, while Wilson was teaching at Wesleyan University.
		As the First Lady, Ellen Wilson tried for improving the housing facilities for the Negroes living in Washington D. She visited the slums where Negro families lived.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ellen_Louise_Wilson (408 words)

	National Park Service - The Presidents (Woodrow Wilson)
		Wilson (standing foreground, third from right) and members of the Alligator Club while he was a student at Princeton.
		Before the 1916 election, Wilson signed bills for farm loans, the welfare of seamen, an 8-hour day for railroad workers, and child labor restrictions, though the Supreme Court later declared some of this legislation to be unconstitutional.
		Before Wilson was stricken, he and the Nation had become fearful of the rise of domestic Communism as well as the outbreak of labor unrest and political agitation.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/presidents/bio28.htm (1643 words)

	Case Method of Instruction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Ellen usually offers information as to how rested he is, if he has been feeling well, whether he is on any medications, and when and what he last ate.
		Ellen said that she was concerned Wilson would "fall behind" without concerted effort on his developmental skills.
		She had an in-home babysitter whom she trusted to care for Wilson, but she did not feel the sitter could provide the level of expertise needed to keep Wilson "on target." Ellen said she did not wish to quit her new job, but wanted someone to provide training for Wilson while she was at work.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /cmiproject/Stories/supermom.htm (1372 words)

	Woodrow & Ellen Axson Wilson ~ Roses & The League of Nations
		Wilson too much, since she "won her Woodrow", a young feminist artist, daughter of a preacher, ruler of his household when her mother died too young...till she and Woodrow discovered one another, she was famous for proclaiming disinterest in marriage...
		It was Ellen Wilson's religious background and idealistic spirit, "love is an action word" approach to things that encouraged Woodrow Wilson in his desire to promote the League of Nations in the the first place.The concept of World Peace was simply not popular or practical.
		Ellen Wilson's paintings were shown routinely, though discretely, in respect of her role as First Lady.
	www.ellefagan.com /patriotsite/wilson.html (808 words)

	PBS - American Experience: Woodrow Wilson \| Wilson- A Portrait
		Yet Ellen chose to focus on raising her daughters and taking care of her extended family, some of whom lived with the Wilsons.
		It was during Wilson's tenure at Princeton University that Ellen found herself in the role of the betrayed wife.
		Ellen Wilson died at the age of 54 as war in Europe was breaking out.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/wilson/portrait/wp_ellen.html (583 words)

	American President
		Wilson liked her at once and began sharing state secrets with her in an effort to charm her.
		When Wilson decided, in the late summer of 1919, to travel across the country speaking in support of the League of Nations, Edith worried that his health was too frail to stand the strain.
		Edith Wilson never intended to usurp her husband's power nor to become the "first woman President." As she told Wilson's doctor, "I am not thinking of the country now, I am thinking of my husband." But in seeking to protect the man she loved, she did in fact assume a major political role.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/woodrowwilson/firstlady (787 words)

	28th President, (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson
		Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia.
		Wilson did not learn to read until he was nine, but he went on to become a college professor, an author, president of Princeton University, and President of the United States.
		Wilson was the first President to make a speech on the radio and the first to visit a foreign country while in office -- France in 1918.
	www.presidentialpetmuseum.com /presidents/28WW.htm (391 words)

	Explore DC: Ellen Wilson
		Ellen Louise Axson met Woodrow Wilson in 1883 in Rome, Georgia.
		The Wilson's were frequently apart for various reasons, but the two were in constant correspondence and their devotion to one another is quite evident in nearly 1400 letters written between the two.
		When a housing bill passed in 1914, it was known as "Ellen Wilson's bill." However, Ellen was quite ill with Bright's disease when the legislation passed and did not live to enjoy her legislative success.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=221&m=facts (200 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Bio: President Thomas Woodrow Wilson
		While Woodrow tended the affairs of state Ellen Wilson worked tirelessly for the condition of the slums in Washington D.C. She also hosted numerous events at the White House which caused great stress to one used to the quiet setting of Princeton.
		Ellen, fragile, artistic and intelligent, did not have the constitution for the daily pressures of the public eye.
		Wilson served in an era before Watergate, and before all of the scandals that have reduced faith in government to tired cynicism.
	www.worldwar1.com /biocwil.htm (1919 words)

	Introduction to the Ellen and Wilson Guillory, Sr. Family
		Ellen Guillory was born to Corine and Willie Guillory on November 2, 1916 in Mallet Louisiana..
		Wilson was born September 27, 1912 in Mallet Louisiana.
		Ellen and Wilson's family is deeply rooted in spirituality, traditional Creole values and customs,strong work ethics, high morals and a religious upbringing centered around Catholicism.
	guilloryreunion.tripod.com /intro.htm (290 words)

	National Obituary Archive(NOA) - Arrangeonline.com
		Ellen Axson met Woodrow Wilson in 1883 while he was in Rome for business.
		Wilson did not seek the limelight, and was not enthusiastic about her social responsibilities as the wife of a college administrator.
		Wilson did not perform her First Lady duties with the kind of pomp and circumstance of former presidents’ wives.
	www.arrangeonline.com /Obituary/obituary.asp?ObituaryID=60528272 (339 words)

	American Humane: Who We Are: Mary Ellen Wilson
		Mary Ellen Wilson was born in 1864 to Francis and Thomas Wilson of New York City.
		The Department made a decision that would have grave consequences for little Mary Ellen; it placed her illegally, without proper documentation of the relationship, and with inadequate oversight in the home of Mary and Thomas McCormack, who claimed to be the child’s biological father.
		Etta Wheeler continued her efforts to rescue Mary Ellen and, after much deliberation, turned to Henry Bergh, a leader of the animal humane movement in the United States and founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
	www.americanhumane.org /site/PageServer?pagename=wh_mission_maryellen (1479 words)

	Edith & Ellen Wilson :: Ladies First :: Paintings by Tina Mion
		The first was Ellen, seen here as a head, cut out and tumbled to the floor.
		Ellen enjoyed the White House weddings of two of her three daughters.
		By the end of 1915, Woodrow was remarried to Edith Galt, a 43-year-old widow and relative of Pocahontas.
	www.tinamion.com /ladies_first/wilson.html (177 words)

	Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Ellen Louise Axson was born on May 15, 1860 in Savannah, Ga. She married Thomas Woodrow Wilson (who later became President of the United States) on June 23, 1885.
		Ellen Wilson was a talented artist, well known for her art work.
		Ellen (Axson) Wilson was buried at the Myrtle Hill Cemetery, in Rome, Ga.
	www.romegeorgia.com /ellen_louise_axson_wilson.html (283 words)

	FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY: THE OTHER MRS. WILSON
		Wilson was earning $1,500 a year, and Ellen gave up her art classes for home economics classes.
		Wilson had wanted a boy, but tried to be cheerful, writing his wife that he was “glad---almost as at the thought of having a boy.”
		Ellen and Woodrow had something of a partnership in their marriage, although Ellen was the junior partner and stayed in the background.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/71491 (547 words)

	Ellen Wilson, First Lady
		Ellen Louise Axson was born on May 15, 1860, in Savannah, Georgia.
		Ellen was 25 when she married Woodrow on June 24, 1885.
		Ellen continued her painting even when she was First Lady.
	www.classroomhelp.com /lessons/FirstLadies/EWilson.html (163 words)

	Woodrow Wilson's Daughters
		While First Lady Ellen Wilson is Georgia born and bred (and buried in Rome's famous Myrtle Hill Cemetery), many forget that President Wilson grew up in Augusta, moved to Atlanta, where he is an attorney, and frequented Savannah and Rome while courting Axson, his first First Lady.
		Ellen chooses the Gainesville home of "Aunt Lou" because it is comfortable, well-furnished, and her aunt has a lot of experience as a midwife.
		Margaret, the Wilson's first child, takes over many of the duties of the First Lady after the death of her mother on August 6, 1914, serving in that capacity until Wilson marries his second wife, Edith Boling Galt on December 18, 1915.
	ngeorgia.com /feature/wilsoningainesville.html (553 words)

	Explore DC: Edith Wilson
		Wilson suffered no political consequences and was re-elected president in 1916.
		Wilson brought life and entertainment back to the White House but also proved to be an important asset to the president, working as his personal secretary.
		Some critics have speculated that she was actually acting president and ran the country for a period of Wilson's term.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=222&PHPSESSID=d358281d685946087b4540dca26eb7f6 (267 words)

	The Twenty-One Gun Salute
		Ellen rises, picks up House's cup, and takes it, Wilson watching her, to the table where the coffee pot sits.
		WILSON Well, one thing I intend to do, as I said in my campaign, is to help foster democracy in Latin America.
		WILSON BEDROOM - WHITE HOUSE - NIGHT Ellen is already in bed as Wilson, in pajamas, sits down on the edge of the bed to tiredly take off his slippers.
	www.hobrad.com /twenty.htm (4448 words)

	PBS - American Experience: Woodrow Wilson \| Wilson- A Portrait
		Find out more about Wilson's first wife, who sacrificed her own artistic career in order to support her husband's political ambitions.
		Examine Wilson's less-than-stellar record on race relations and three prominent leaders' efforts to gain equality for African Americans.
		Learn more about Wilson's second wife, who imposed a "stewardship" of the Presidency after he suffered a paralyzing stroke.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/wilson/portrait/index.html (155 words)

	Wilson (1944) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Goofs: Anachronisms: In the scene where Wilson's cabinet is meeting to discuss the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915, a map of Europe on the wall plainly shows numerous countries and borders, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Baltic States, that came into being only after World War I. (more)
		Wilson is portrayed by Alexander Knox as a prickly sort who is much easier to admire than like.
		The films only flaw is that it lets Wilson go on too long with his preachy rhetoric, but this can be forgiven because, after all, it was made and released during wartime.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0037465 (313 words)

	Doctor Spent Years Compiling Book on Landmark Child Abuse Case
		Stephen Lazoritz, MD, a pediatrician and father of six, couldn't stop thinking about the true story of Mary Ellen Wilson, a Civil War orphan who was horribly abused by her adoptive parents while distressed neighbors and local police tried and failed to stop it.
		When a new daughter was born to the couple in 1983, while Dr. Lazoritz was deeply into his research, they named her Mary Ellen in honor of the once-abused child.
		Dr. Lazoritz became a co-author, with a renewed inspiration to learn everything he could about Mary Ellen: how she came to be placed in such an unfit home, and the unusual strategy that finally succeeded in her rescue.
	healthlink.mcw.edu /article/933198012.html (512 words)

	William Alfred Hinshaw
		Ellen was the daughter of U.S. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo and grandaughter of President Woodrow Wilson.
		Ellen Wilson McAdoo, 23-year-old daughter of the U.S. Senator and grand-daughter of former President Wilson, filed notice of intention to wed William Alfred Hinshaw, young film and radio musician. Her first husband, divorced, was Rafael Lopez de Onate, Philippine-born actor.
		Ellen had schooled in France and studied music - she was particularly interested in voice.
	www.rawbw.com /~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?5015 (651 words)

	The White House Historical Association > Picturing the President's House
		Description: From left to right: Ellen Louise Axson Wilson and her three daughters, Jessie, Margaret, and Nell on the south portico of the White House.
		Family time, books, and art were Ellen Wilson’s favorite pastimes, and this explains the attention she gave to redecorating the family quarters of the White House.
		Wilson brightened the rooms, converted a third floor room into her art studio, and removed President Roosevelt’s stuffed heads from the State Dining Room.
	www.whitehousehistory.org /04/subs_pph/PresidentDetail.aspx?ID=28&imageID=1890 (147 words)

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