Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson Autobiography a poor runaway from Massachusetts

a poor runaway from Massachusetts who joined the Army under a false name

Yet amid those shifting justifications

These citations were issued by each division as well as by the Armed Expeditionary Force

Leonhard renders the perspectives of leaders

and in this study Lee connects the man and his life to an American heroic ideal

Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson Autobiography a poor runaway from MassachusettsDescription by Rebecca Boggs Roberts Hardcover A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a leading historian on womens suffrage and powerWhile this nation has yet to elect its first woman presidentand though history has downplayed her rolejust over a century ago a woman became the nations first acting president. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. She