Editing Edith Wilson (section)

{{short description|First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Edith Wilson
| image               = Edith Wilson cropped 2.jpg
| office              = [[First Lady of the United States]]
| term_label          = In role
| term_start          = December 18, 1915
| term_end            = March 4, 1921
| president           = [[Woodrow Wilson]]
| predecessor         = [[Margaret Woodrow Wilson]]
| successor           = [[Florence Harding]]
| birth_name          = Edith Bolling
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1872|10|15}}
| birth_place         = [[Wytheville, Virginia]], U.S.
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1961|12|28|1872|10|15}}
| death_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| restingplace        = [[Washington National Cathedral]]
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Norman Galt|1896|1908|end=died}}
* {{marriage|[[Woodrow Wilson]]|1915|1924|end=died}}
}}
| children            = 1
| signature           = Edith Bolling Galt Wilson Signature.svg
| caption             = 1915 portrait
}}
'''Edith Wilson''' ({{nee}} '''Bolling''', formerly '''Galt'''; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was [[First Lady of the United States]] from 1915 to 1921 as the second wife of President [[Woodrow Wilson]]. She married the [[widower]] Wilson in December 1915, during his first term as president. Edith Wilson played an influential role in [[Presidency of Woodrow Wilson|President Wilson's administration]] following the severe [[stroke]] he suffered in October 1919. For the remainder of her husband's presidency, she managed the office of the president, a role she later described as a "stewardship", and determined which communications and matters of state were important enough to bring to the attention of the bedridden president.<ref>William Elliott Hazelgrove, ''Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson'' (Washington, D.C.: Regency Publishing, 2016); Brian Lamb, ''Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites'' (New York: Public Affairs, 2010), p. 119; Judith L. Weaver, "Edith Bolling, Wilson as First Lady: A Study in the Power of Personality, 1919–1920," ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 15, No. 1 (Winter, 1985), pp. 51–76; and Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson, ''Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House: From the Collections of the Library of Congress & National Archives'' (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2008), p. 91.</ref><ref>{{Cite web| last=Markel| first=Howard| title=When a secret president ran the country| date=October 2, 2015| url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/woodrow-wilson-stroke| work=PBS NewsHour| publisher=NewsHour Productions| access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>