Arguments about past presidents shape the nation’s present understanding of itself, and hence its unfolding future. In recent years, biographies by nonacademics have rescued some presidents from ...

Of history's many stories of a power behind the throne, one of the most intriguing is that of Edith Wilson, first lady to President Woodrow Wilson. She met and married him in 1915, while he was ...

In the racially charged enclave of Roxbury, Massachusetts, John Woodrow Wilson (1922–2015) emerged as a prodigious talent, born to Guyanese immigrant parents from a middle-class background who ...

He was a racist. Of course he was. He was disdainful of women. We knew that. He had deep reverence for the Confederacy. We suspected that. He was a schemer, a trimmer, a manipulator, an opportunist.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! A brief summary of the life of Woodrow Wilson. This lesson plan explores the various legacies of President Woodrow Wilson. The lesson begins with a ...

If we must have another presidential biography, best to have one of a figure who hasn't had his life written about at length for two decades. While the Wilson we find here differs little from the man ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University trustee A. Scott Berg ’71 gave a lecture on Tuesday on the life of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, depicting Wilson as a president deeply influenced by his ...

In February 1915, President Woodrow Wilson hosted the first screening of a motion picture at the White House. It was a gala affair, and VIPs clad in formal evening wear gathered together in the East ...

First lady Edith Wilson, center, and President Woodrow Wilson, left, arrive in New York October 11, 1918 to take part in the Liberty Day Parade. (AP Photo) Rebecca Boggs Roberts opens Untold Power, ...