- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Ellen Louise Axson
- Date of Original:
- 1860/1914
- Subject:
- Presidents' spouses--United States
Artists--Georgia
Women artists--Georgia
Women--Georgia
Wilson, Ellen Axson - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Ellen Louise Axson and Woodrow Wilson were married in Savannah on June 24, 1885. Before her marriage, Axson attended the Art Students League of New York.
Photograph of Ellen Louise Axson. She and Woodrow Wilson were married in Savannah, Georgia on June 24, 1885. Before her marriage, Axson attended the Art Students League of New York. She became the first Georgian to serve as first lady of the United States when her husband, Woodrow Wilson, won the 1912 presidential election. Ellen Wilson was born in Savannah, Georgia and grew up primarily in Rome, Georgia, where her father was a Presbyterian minister. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ellen-axson-wilson-1860-1914/m-6770/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ellen-axson-wilson-1860-1914
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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