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Edith Bolling Galt, (1872-1961)was a southerner and the widow of a Washington jeweler. She and Wilson were married on December 18, 1915 after he suffered a severe personal loss on August 6, 1914, with the death of his first wife. 1919. He suffered a severe stroke and paralysis of the left side on October 2, 1919. He never fully recovered. Wilson's stroke left him physically incapacitated but his condition was not made public. Mrs. Wilson jealously guarded her husband, and most likely feared that his resignation would sap his will to live. To her he was "first my beloved husband whose life I was trying to save ... after that he was the president of the United States." As a result, his Cabinet members were denied access to him. His wife decided what printed materials he could see, and his state papers became few and unsatisfactory.

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The United Colonies 1st government began in a Philadelphia Tavern
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