Sorry, Hillary, but in practice, if not in legality, the first woman president took office (although not the oath of office) this week (Oct. 2) in 1919. That is when ...

As Monday marks the day when former President Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke that left him incapacitated until the end of his presidency, it’s time to talk about the alleged, secret “first ...

Prologue -- The cover-up -- A bad day -- The first Mrs. Wilson -- "The President is paralyzed!" -- A modern woman -- Less is more -- Teddy and Woodrow -- Attack from within -- The ardent lover -- "The ...

The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum is located at 20 N. Coalter St. in Staunton and includes Wilson’s birthplace ...

WHEN THE CHEERING STOPPED by Gene Smith. 307 pages. Morrow. $5.95. Though few historians have recorded it and not many voters realized it at the time, the U.S. has already had, in effect, a woman ...

With war raging in Europe and his beloved wife Ellen dead, Woodrow Wilson was a lonely and unhappy man. But all of that changed one afternoon in 1915, when the doors of the White House elevator opened ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. The role of first lady couldn’t be stranger. You attain the position almost by accident, ...

A presidential health crisis that ultimately resulted in the first lady of the United States wielding extraordinary power while covering up the president’s condition began in Pueblo more than a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Saturday would have been President Woodrow Wilson’s 168th birthday and every year since his passing, a century ago, a ceremony is held in front of his tomb at the National ...

First lady Jill Biden has taken a leading role in propping up President Biden, inviting comparisons to first lady Edith Wilson who took the reins at the White House a century ago when President ...