{"product_id":"madam-president-the-secret-presidency-of-edith-wilson-hardcover","title":"Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Hazelgrove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 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 assumed the authority of the office of the president, reading all correspondence intended for her bedridden husband and assuming his role for seventeen long months. Though her Oval Office presence 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Hazelgrove's \u003ci\u003eMadam President\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Hazelgrove\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eJackpine\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eThe Pitcher\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), a Junior Guild Selection. His books have received starred reviews in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Month Selections, Junior Library Guild Selections, and ALA Editor's Choice Awards. He was the Ernest Hemingway Writer-in-Residence, where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway's birthplace. He has been the subject of interviews in NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e along with features in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRichmond Times Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, Channel 11, NBC, WBEZ, and WGN. Hazelgrove also runs a political cultural blog, \u003ci\u003eThe View from Hemingway's Attic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337652801773,"sku":"9781621574750","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/vErhd7NJsY9781621574750.webp?v=1785063978","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/madam-president-the-secret-presidency-of-edith-wilson-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}