President Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson, seated at desk with his wife, Edith Bolling Galt, standing at his side
The previous October, Wilson had suffered a stroke and many believe that Edith became the de facto President of the United States. For the next 1.5 years of his presidency, he was partially paralyzed and blind and also suffered brain damage.
The French ambassador to the US said that "Wilson was a non-factor in governance. The real power rested with “Mme. President.”
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- Group portraits--1920.
- Photographic prints--1920.
- Portrait photographs--1920.
- 1 photographic print.
- Copy print of photograph stamped lower left: "Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C."
- Title devised by Library staff.
- Caption on item: First posed picture after Mr. Wilson's illness, White House, June 1920.
- Copyright by Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A direct lineage family member, who acted as POTUS
due to the medical incapacitation of her husband.
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President Woodrow Wilson, seated at desk with his wife, Edith Bolling Galt, standing at his side
The previous October, Wilson had suffered a stroke and many believe that Edith became the de facto President of the United States. For the next 1.5 years of his presidency, he was partially paralyzed and blind and also suffered brain damage.
The French ambassador to the US said that "Wilson was a non-factor in governance. The real power rested with “Mme. President.”