Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Margaret Wilson | |
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Acting First Lady of the United States | |
In role August 6, 1914 – December 18, 1915 | |
President | Woodrow Wilson |
Preceded by | Ellen Wilson |
Succeeded by | Edith Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Woodrow Wilson April 16, 1886 Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | February 12, 1944 Pondicherry, French India | (aged 57)
Parents | |
Margaret Woodrow Wilson (April 16, 1886 – February 12, 1944) was the eldest child of President
Biography
Margaret Woodrow Wilson was born in Gainesville, Georgia, on April 16, 1886. While Wilson's parents were living in the North where her father was teaching at the time of her birth, both of her parents strongly identified with the South. Consequently, Ellen Wilson did not want her children born as Yankees and arranged to stay with family in Gainesville for the births of her first two daughters. Margaret attended local schools, some of which were associated with the colleges where her father taught.
In his will, Wilson's father had bequeathed her an annuity of $2,500 annually (worth $44,447 today) as long as that amount did not exceed one-third of the annual income of his estate, and as long as she remained unmarried.[2] Wilson sang, and she made several recordings. In 1914, "My Laddie" was released on Columbia Records, #39195.[3]
In 1938 Margaret Wilson traveled to
Wilson died from uremia on February 12, 1944, at the age of 57, and was buried in Pondicherry, India, unmarried, and without issue.[5]
See also
- The Subtle Body, a 2010 history of yoga in America with a chapter on Wilson
References
- ^ "First Lady - Ellen Wilson". C-SPAN.
Ellen Wilson died during her husband's presidency. Their daughter, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, served as hostess until her father married Edith.
- ISBN 0-916164-01-2
- ^ "W. A. Thayer (composer) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ Nikhilananda, Swami (1942). "Preface". The Gospel of Ramakrishna. Chennai: Sri Ramakrishna Math.
- The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 14, 1944. p. 1. Archived from the originalon October 23, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2014.