President's Wives

by Carole Chandler Waldrup

Book Overview

On October 2, 1919, Woodrow Wilson suffered a major stroke which paralyzed his left side and robbed him of speech. His wife, Edith, was a strong-minded woman who chose for much of the president's remaining 15 months in office to make governmental decisions and help the president sign documents based on what she thought he would have done.Many of the 44 women in this book served as First Lady (though few had the sway of Mrs. Wilson); others did not...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899503934
• ISBN13: 9780899503936
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.9"