The wives of Woodrow Wilson were strikingly different from each other. Ellen Axson Wilson, quiet and intellectual, died after just a year and a half in the White House and is thought to have had little impact on history. Edith Bolling Wilson was flamboyant and confident but left a legacy of controversy. Yet each played a significant role in the White House.

“In this compelling book Miller has given us a rich portrait of Woodrow Wilson’s two wives, telling family stories that became deeply significant to the course of the twentieth century.”—John Milton Cooper, author of Woodrow Wilson: A Biography

Deeply researched and graced with balanced judgment, this is a book you must read to understand Wilson and the twentieth century.”—Kathleen M. Dalton, author of Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life

Forthcoming from University Press of Kansas, October 2010. Read more