FLOTUS – Edith Bolling Galt Wilson

FLOTUS – Edith Bolling Galt Wilson

A.K.A.: Edith Wilson

D.O.B.: October 15, 1872

P.O.B.: Wytheville, Virginia

Relationship to POTUS: second wife of Woodrow Wilson

5 facts:

• Was “de facto steward” to the President after he suffered a stroke until the end if his term

• Followed a rationing schedule through WWI

• Had been a poor student and had a spotty education

• The Bollings had been unapologetic slave owners

• Mataoka, a.k.a. Pocahontas, was an ancestor on her father’s side

Describe in one (1) word:

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