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The Secret Presidency of
Edith Wilson
Literary Guild
Selection
History Book Club
Selection
Movie Rights Optioned by
Storyline Entertainment
Foreword Reviews Five
Stars
After
President Woodrow Wilson suffered a paralyzing stroke in the fall of 1919, his
wife, First Lady Edith Wilson, began to handle the day-to-day responsibilities
of the Executive Office. Mrs. Wilson had had little formal education and had
only been married to President Wilson for four years; yet, in the tenuous peace
following the end of World War I, Mrs. Wilson dedicated herself to managing the
office of the President, reading all correspondence intended for her bedridden
husband. Though her Oval Office authority was acknowledged in Washington, D.C.
circles at the time--one senator called her "the Presidentress who had
fulfilled the dream of suffragettes by changing her title from First Lady to
Acting First Man"--her legacy as "First Woman President" is now
largely forgotten.
William Hazelgrove's Madam President is a vivid, engaging portrait of the woman who became the acting President of the United States in 1919, months before women officially won the right to vote. Movie Rights Optioned by Storyline Entertainment. A Selection of the History Book Club, Military Book Club, and Conservative Book Club.
From the Inside Flap
With
the possibility of our First Woman President on the horizon, it is amazing to
think that Edith Wilson ruled the White House almost a hundred years ago. Taking
over from her ailing husband she had only two years of schooling and had been
married to Woodrow Wilson for four years when she found the reins of power in
her lap. Edith Wilson had to finish up the negotiations for the end of World
War I while keeping her husband alive as suffragettes protested outside the
White House for the vote. This riveting story of a very unique woman who
ran the country for almost two years can finally be told on the eve of another
possible woman in the White House. Edith Wilson can teach us a lot about a
potential Hillary Clinton presidency as she governed with a sick husband at her
back and a country recovering from World War I.
From the Back Cover
"An
amazing secret unveiled about our country's past! Before women could
vote,
one woman became the acting president through a twist of fate and
love
for her husband, President Woodrow Wilson. William Hazelgrove's
riveting
style lets us into the backrooms of the White House to see how a
woman
who had only two years of formal education was able to pull it
off--and
do it for two years. Incredible. A great read--and ride!"
-- Robin
Hutton, author of the New York Times bestselling
Sgt. Reckless
"Heritage and history! William Hazelgrove chronicles Edith Bolling
Wilson's
strong, independent nature in his enlightened account of one of
the
most controversial but powerful women of the twentieth century. The
reader
comes away with a new appreciation for Mrs. Wilson's selfless
motives
and a better understanding of why this progressive Virginian has
been
called Madam President."
-- FARRON
SMITH, founder of the Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace
Foundation
and Museum
Biography
William
Elliott Hazelgrove is the best-selling author of ten novels and three works
of nonfiction. Ripples, Tobacco Sticks, Mica Highways, Rocket Man,
The Pitcher, Real Santa, Jackpine, My Best Year, The Bad Author, The Pitcher 2,
Madam President The Secret Presidency of
Edith Wilson, Forging a President, How
the Wild West Created Teddy Roosevelt, and Gangsters and Nymphs.
Hazelgrove's books have received starred reviews in
Publisher Weekly and Booklist, Book of the Month Selections, Literary Guild
Selections, History Book Club Selections, Junior Library Guild Selections, ALA Editor’s
Choice Awards and optioned for the movies. He was the Ernest Hemingway Writer
in Residence where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway's birthplace. He
has written articles and reviews for USA Today and other publications. He has
been the subject of interviews in NPR's All Things Considered along with
features in The New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times,
Richmond Times Dispatch, USA Today, People, Channel 11, NBC, WBEZ, WGN. The Pitcher is a Junior Library Guild
Selection and was chosen Book of the Year by Books and Authors.
He runs a
political cultural blog, The
View From Hemingway's Attic.
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