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 Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Louise Axson. After her mother's death in 1914, Margaret served her father as the White House social hostess,[1] the title later known as first lady. She acted in this capacity until her father remarried in 1915.
Ellen Wilson died during her husband's presidency. Their daughter, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, served as hostess until her father married Edith.