America's Secret President
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Was Edith a Good President?
Some have described us america's first female president. Was she good asit? Ah, no. We obviously took some liberties and stuff, but i'd say that the historical consensus seems to be that it was a huge mistake to do what she did. Some historians have kind of blamed the league of nations falling apart on her doing this. There was a lack of compromise during that time. But also, she bly was very, very, very limited and had her hands tied way more than a normal president would have. I think she really was just trying to keep the presidency in woodro wilson's power, and that was her one objective. And if that was her goal,
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