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About Ellen Axson Wilson
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson was First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914, as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the daughter of a clergyman. She was born in Savannah, Georgia, but raised in Rome, Georgia. Having an artistic bent, she studied at the Art Students League of New York before her marriage, and continued to produce art in later life.
Everything about Ellen Axson Wilson →- Occupation
- politician, artist, Sunday school teacher
- Position held
- First Lady of the United States
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 15, 1860
- Died
- August 6, 1914