Ellen Louise Axson Wilson

Websites 

First Ladies National Library Biography of Ellen Wilson

The White House: Ellen Axson Wilson

The White House Historical Association: Ellen Wilson

Papers/letters collections

Manuscripts for: Ellen Wilson

Library of Congress: Woodrow Wilson Papers

Ellen Axson Wilson Letters

Historical sites

Gravesite: Ellen Louise Axson Wilson

Fascinating details

• She took great effort to improve the housing conditions in Washington D.C. for African Americans, resulting in legislation about housing standards in Washington (signed into law on 09/25/1914; 38 Stat 716).
• Some other causes supported by Ellen Wilson were adult education and mental health. 
• Ellen was nicknamed “the angel in the White House” for her gentleness and generosity.
• She died 17 months into assuming her role as first lady. 
• Until President Wilson remarried, his daughter Margaret Woodrow Wilson served as social hostess.