Ellen Wilson
Ellen Wilson (born May 15, 1860 in Savannah , Georgia as Ellen Louise Axson , † August 6, 1914 in the White House , Washington, DC ) was the first wife of US President Woodrow Wilson and the first lady of the US from 1913 to her death.
Her parents were Reverend Samuel Edward Axson (1836-1884) and Margaret Jane Hoyt (1831-1881). The oldest of four children, she grew up in Rome, Georgia.
Ellen and Woodrow, who had known each other since childhood, married on June 24, 1885. They had three children: Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886–1944), Jessie Woodrow Wilson (1887–1933) and Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889–1967) .
After her death, Woodrow married Edith Bolling Galt in 1915 .
literature
- Lisa M. Burns: Ellen Axson Wilson. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 339-356.
Web links
Commons : Ellen Axson Wilson - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Biography on the White House website
- Ellen Wilson in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
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| SURNAME | Wilson, Ellen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Axson Wilson, Ellen Louise (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American first lady |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Savannah , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1914 |
| Place of death | White House , Washington DC |