- Ellen Louise Axson Wilson
Marker
- Located at grave site in Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome
(Text)
- Ellen
Louise Axson Wilson
- Wife
of the
- 28th
President of the United States
Born in Savannah,
Georgia, May 15, 1860
Moved to Rome, Georgia,
March 1866
Graduated from Rome
Female College, 1876
Attended New York
Art Students League, 1884-1885
Her father, The
Rev. Mr. Samuel Edward Axson was pastor of Rome's First Presbyterian
Church, 1866-1883, where Woodrow Wilson first saw her, April
8, 1883. They were married in Savannah, June 24th, 1885. The
Wilsons were parents of three daughters.
A gifted painter
she contributed to humanitarian causes, including The Berry Schools.
As America's First Lady, she championed improved working conditions
for women and better housing for Washington's poor. Eleanor Roosevelt
considered Mrs. Wilson a mentor on social issues. Mrs. Wilson
died on August 6, 1914 in The White House.
First Lady, Princeton
University, 1902 - 1910
First Lady, The
State of New Jersey, 1911 - 1913
First Lady of the
United States
March 4, 1913 -
August 6, 1914
Placed
by Rome Area Heritage Foundation April, 1998
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