America's Secret President
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Edith Wilson - The Second Wife of President Woodrow Wilson
President woodrow wilson suffered a stroke in the fall of 19 19, and he was incapacitated. Edith wilson took over, would relay information, would basically say out, if you ae something to tell the president, i will tell him. And then it's pretty clear he was in acoma for at least a little bit of it. She would just come back and say, president woodrew wilson said this. When he came out of it as well, some historians are now starting to piece together, that he wasn't as capable as he was before suffering the stroke. There is some evidence to support that she was active during that time, although there's also
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