This is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington d. C. , the home of our 28 president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921, youll see more of that over the next two hours as we tell the story of the story of the two Woodrow Wilson first ladies, edith and allen. Ellen and woodrow met in their twenties and their love was reflected in passionate letters. And passioned artists and an intellectual companion, she adopted causes and set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a series secret courtship, and she served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after the president s stroke remains one of the most controversial elements of any first lady. Welcome to the continuing series, first ladies, influence and im
Our panel will be talking about three topics. First, the thinking of the lusitania itself and how that came to happen. Second, the Propaganda Campaign spurred on by the sinking of the lusitania that helped convince americans to go to war. And third, president wilsons leadership and strategy leading up to his declaration of war on april six, 1917. We have a distinguished panel of experts. First, rear admiral samuel cox, retired, the director of navy history and heritage command and curator for the navy. He is responsible for the navys museums, art and artifact collections. The research library, 150 million pages of archives, and for collecting and interpreting u. S. Naval history throughout the world. A graduate of the us naval academy, his 37 year naval career focused on intelligence and he served as director of intelligence for the us cyber command. Professor Richard Striner, who comes to us from washington llege, he is a professor of history and author or coauthor of ten books and nu
Lusitania itself and how that came to happen. Second, the Propaganda Campaign spurred on by the sinking of the lusitania that helped convince americans to go to war. And third, president wilsons leadership and strategy leading up to his declaration of war on april six, 1917. We have a distinguished panel of experts. First, rear admiral samuel cox, retired, the director of navy history and heritage command and curator for the navy. He is responsible for the navys museums, art and artifact collections. The research library, 150 million pages of archives, and for collecting and interpreting u. S. Naval history throughout the world. A graduate of the us naval academy, his 37 year naval career focused on intelligence and he served as director of intelligence for the us cyber command. Professor Richard Striner, who comes to us from washington llege, he is a professor of history and author or coauthor of ten books and numerous articles. For this event, we should note his book, Woodrow Wilson
Questions from cspan audience, we tell the stories of american 45 first ladies. Ellen edith wilson on first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. Susan swain this is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington, d. C. , the home of our 28th president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921. Youll be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two Wilson Administration first ladies, ellen and edith. Susan swain ellen and woodrow met in their 20s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. An accomplished artist as well as his intellectual companion, she helped guide his career from academia to politics. In adopting causes, she set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house just a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first l
Ms. Swain this is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington d. C. , the home of our 28th president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921. Youll be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two Wilson Administration first ladies, ellen and edith. Ellen and woodrow met in their 20s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. An accomplished artist as well as his intellectual companion, she helped guide his career from academia to politics. In adopting causes, she set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house just a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after he suffered a stroke remains one of the most controversial eff