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Ellen Axson Wilson

First Lady of the United States

Died when: 54 years 83 days (650 months)
Star Sign: Taurus

 

Ellen Axson Wilson

Ellen Louise Wilson (née Axson;May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914) was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and the mother of their three daughters.

Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the daughter of a clergyman.She was born in Savannah, Georgia, but raised in Rome, Georgia.

Having an artistic bent, she studied at the Art Students League of New York before her marriage, and continued to produce art in later life.

She was the first lady of the United States from Wilson's inauguration in 1913 until her death.During that period, she arranged White House weddings for two of their daughters.

She was the third First Lady, and the most recent, to die during her tenancy.


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