Unitarians, 131–32
United Artists, 731
United Kingdom. See Britain
United Mine Workers of America, 264, 332
Universal Film Manufacturing Company, 403
U’ren, William Simon, 210, 218
Van Buren, Martin, 405
Vanderlip, Frank, 446
van Dyke, Henry, 162, 165, 166, 269
Van Rensselaer, Alexander, 140
Vardaman, James K., 245, 308, 396, 425
Vassar College, 99, 131
Veblen, Oswald, 118
Verdun, Battle of, 417
Versailles, Treaty of, 517, 567, 578, 579, 582–87, 591–93, 595–601, 672–74, 684, 721, 730
American failure to ratify, 677–78, 680, 708, 713
cross-country campaign for support, 605, 619–38
opposition in U.S. to, 603–9, 611–19, 652–57, 665, 673
See also League of Nations
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 514–15, 521
Victory Gardens, 441–42
Vietnam, 528
Villa, Gen. Francisco (Pancho), 286, 320, 332, 386, 390–92, 394, 397
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 221, 246, 309–12, 347, 604
Virginia, 29, 30, 76, 85, 356
Virginia, University of, 8–9, 112, 119, 120, 128, 132, 274, 714
Magazine, 78–80
School of Law, 76–82, 84, 356
Virginia Theological Seminary and College, 156
Volstead Act (1919), 627, 648
Vonnoh, Robert, 301, 312
Wald, Lillian D., 412, 495
Walling, William English, 482
Walters, Alexander, 269–70, 307
Warburg, Paul, 476
War Department, U.S., 265, 390, 447, 460, 484, 486, 738
War Finance Corporation, 443
War Industries Board (WIB), 445–46
War Labor Policies Board, 446
Warren, Earl, 742
Warren, Francis E., 422
War Risk Insurance Bill (1914), 342
War Savings Stamps Campaign, 446
War Trade Board, 446, 447
Washington, Booker T., 137–38, 155–57, 244, 246, 307, 309
Washington, D.C., 279–80, 290–91, 303, 511–12, 514–15
influenza in, 674
law office of Wilson & Colby in, 711–13
National Cathedral in, 739, 741–42
race riot in, 610
segregation in, 307–12, 345–47, 671
slums of, 280, 302, 320, 324
Victory Gardens in, 442
Wilsons’ home in, after leaving White House, 697–98, 703–7
Washington, George, 30, 94, 280, 292, 403, 458, 505, 696, 705
Annual messages to Congress of, 268
at Battle of Princeton, 54, 151, 184, 246
Jefferson appointed Secretary of State by, 261
judicial appointees of, 400
swearing in of, 275
tradition of leaving office after two terms established by, 684
Weems’s mythic biography of, 35
Wilson’s biography of, 122, 133–34
Yorktown headquarters of, 304
Washington and Lee University, 132
Washington Post, The, 363, 676
Washington Society, 79
Waterways Commission, 662
Watson, James, 613
Watt, James, 26
Watterson, Col. Henry “Marse,” 186, 190, 191, 224–25
Webb, Edwin, 453–55
Webster, Daniel, 36, 62, 81, 123, 316
Weems, Mason L., 35
Weizmann, Chaim, 528, 562
Wellesley College, 99, 137
Wells, H. G., 379
Wells, Ida B., 482
Wescott, John W., 232
Wesley, John, 109
Wesleyan University, 109–13, 121
West, Andrew Fleming, 126, 128–29, 131, 158–59, 162, 164, 166, 172, 174–75, 179, 180, 184–85
Western Theological Seminary, 29
Western Union Telegraph Company, 621
West Point, U.S. Military Academy at, 277, 391, 404, 464
When a Man Comes to Himself (Wilson), 43, 46–47, 75
White, Andrew, 56
White, Edward Douglass, 275, 349, 426, 434–36, 729
White, Henry, 18, 518, 573, 580, 600, 621
White, William Alanson, 492
White, William Allen, 451
White supremacists, 245, 263, 296, 348, 610. See also Racism
Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 333, 337, 354, 369, 430, 443, 503, 512–13, 573, 581, 597, 623
William III, King of England, 52
William and Mary College, 51
Williams, John Sharp, 293, 318, 437, 606, 717
Williams College, 114, 254, 312
Willis, H. Parker, 299
Wilmington (North Carolina), 44, 47–48, 61, 75, 82, 84, 91, 96–98
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt (second wife), 4–6, 419, 461, 493, 500–502, 519, 548, 615, 619, 687, 699–701, 714–16, 719–21, 725–35, 737–42
and Armistice, 512, 513, 515
arrival in France of, 16–18, 520, 555
on Atlantic crossings, 4–5, 14, 16
background of, 356–57
in Belgium, 597
concerns for Woodrow’s health issues, 430, 614
correspondence of Woodrow and, 6, 361–63, 368, 370, 375–76
courtship of, 6, 355–56, 358–62, 364, 366, 370–77
on cross-country campaign promoting League of Nations, 620, 624, 630–32, 634–36
death of, 742
and declaration of war, 432–35, 438, 440
decoding of encrypted messaged by, 390, 433, 513
in England, 21–23
first marriage and widowhood of, 357–58
honeymoon of Woodrow and, 381, 383–84
at inauguration, 426–27, 429
in Italy, 520–21
negative attitudes toward Woodrow’s closest advisers of, 373, 442–43
and 1920 election, 688, 692
in Paris, 19, 20, 531, 541, 542, 545, 556–58, 565, 566, 570, 571, 580, 581, 593, 597, 599, 601
during reelection campaign, 402, 406–8, 413, 415–17
returns from Paris to Washington, 602, 604
role during Woodrow’s recuperation, 6, 653–67, 672–79, 682–84
step-daughters’ relationships with, 374, 389, 740
at Versailles for signing of Treaty, 600
war effort supported by, 448, 449
war wounded visited by, 20–21
in Washington home, after leaving White House, 697–98, 703–7, 709, 710
wedding of Woodrow and, 379–81
and Woodrow’s death, 735–39
during Woodrow’s final years, 725–35
at Woodrow’s funeral, 739–41
and Woodrow’s stroke, 638–44, 646–51
Wilson, Eleanor (Nell; daughter). See McAdoo, Eleanor (Nell) Wilson
Wilson, Ellen Axson (first wife), 127, 133, 137, 159, 181, 184, 268, 375, 440, 683
artistic aspirations of, 98, 120, 172, 175–76, 228, 301, 312–13
in Bermuda, 255
birth of daughters of, 106, 107, 112
book dedicated to, 111
correspondence of, 93, 95, 96, 99, 100, 104, 112–13, 120–25, 128, 160, 165, 169, 177, 303, 313, 315, 361
courtship of, 6, 88–92, 97–98, 321
and daughters’ courtships and marriages, 254, 256, 317–18, 328�
�29, 352
death of, 333–39, 345, 355, 360, 371, 372, 374, 742
empty nest of, 168, 204
in England, 142, 152
family background of, 88
and father-in-law’s death, 139
as First Lady, 271, 280, 293, 294, 301–2, 316, 320, 344
grave of, 739
illness of, 315, 318, 328, 332–33, 641
at inauguration, 272–78
and Mrs. Peck, 219, 411
and New Jersey governorship, 191, 207
pregnancies of, 102, 105, 107, 112
and Presidential campaigns, 147, 215, 218, 229, 230, 232, 234, 244, 247
in Princeton, 116, 119–20, 123–25, 135, 136, 163, 167, 198, 228
wedding of Woodrow and, 100–102
during Wesleyan years, 109, 110–12
and Woodrow’s illnesses, 126, 150–51, 172, 284
Wilson, Henry Lane, 286
Wilson, James (grandfather), 28–29
Wilson, Janet (Jessie; daughter). See Sayre, Jessie Wilson
Wilson, Janet Woodrow (Jessie; mother), 22, 29–30, 37, 80–82, 98, 106, 133
childhood of, 23, 27–28, 49
during Civil War, 38
correspondence of Woodrow and, 47, 71
death of, 107–8, 139
illnesses of, 61, 96, 97, 106
inheritance from brothers of, 42, 87
marriage of Joseph and, 29
and Woodrow’s marriage to Ellen, 90–92, 100–102
Wilson, Joseph, Jr. (Josie; brother), 61, 107–8, 283, 417, 736, 738
Wilson, Joseph Ruggles (father), 28–37, 42, 46, 48, 62–63, 80–82, 97, 98, 116, 123, 258
allowance provided to Woodrow by, 85
childhood of, 29
during Civil War, 34
correspondence of Woodrow and, 66–67, 71, 72, 80, 87, 100, 112
death of, 139
family background of, 28–29
marriage of Jessie and, 29
old age in Princeton of, 135–37
professional life of, 29–33, 40, 42–44, 61, 96, 106
and wife’s death, 107–8
and Woodrow’s marriage to Ellen, 91, 100–102
Woodrow’s relationship with, 35–37, 591
Wilson, Margaret Axson (daughter), 6, 207, 254, 313, 329, 650, 674
bequest to, 440
birth of, 106
childhood and adolescence of, 109, 114, 120, 135, 137, 144
Edith and, 359, 371, 374, 389
education of, 168
in England, 152
and father’s death, 735–37, 740, 741
and father’s illnesses, 150, 636–38, 642
during gubernatorial campaign, 196, 200
and inauguration, 271, 273–75
life in White House of, 277, 280, 316, 339, 348
and mother’s death, 334, 335
and Mrs. Peck’s visit to Sea Girt, 219
in Paris, 18
and Presidential elections, 232, 234, 247, 414–16
at signing of Treaty of Versailles, 600
singing career of, 16, 204, 255, 449, 731
at S Street house, 731, 733
at State of the Union address, 293
and U.S. entry into World War I, 435
women’s suffrage advocated by, 376, 487
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow (Tommy):
accessibility to public of, 290–91
adolescence of, 42–49
ambassadors appointed by, 268–69
Americanism of, 402–4
and American Peace Commission appointments, 515–18
appearance of, 7, 56, 80
and appointments to non-Cabinet public offices, 281–83
and Armistice, 511–15
arrival in France of, 16–20
Atlantic crossings of, 4–5, 13–16, 172, 520, 546–47, 552–53, 603–4
in Belgium, 597
Bermuda vacations of, 160–61, 167–69, 181, 255–56
birth of, 11, 25, 30
birth of daughters of, 106, 107, 112
books, articles, and essays by, 8, 62. See also titles of works
breaks with House, 570–72, 579, 580, 601, 648, 654, 683, 720, 730–31
breaks with Tumulty, 718–21, 737
in Britain, 21–23, 124–25, 133, 142, 172, 173
on Bryn Mawr faculty, 99, 102–8, 110, 112
burial site of, 738–39, 742, 743
Bullitt and Freud’s psychological study of, 591–92, 682
Cabinet of, 256, 259–68, 280, 390, 432–33, 646–47, 681–82, 685, 691, 698–700. See also names of members
childhood of, 11, 30–32, 34–40
as Commander in Chief, 457–64, 467–68, 480, 500, 502–3
companionship of Grayson and, 303, 304, 339, 345
concerns about Ellen’s health, 303, 320, 329, 332–33
correspondence of Edith and, 361–63, 368, 370, 375–76
correspondence of Ellen and, 93, 95, 96, 99, 100, 104, 112–13, 120–25, 160, 169, 177, 303, 313, 315, 361
courtship of Edith by, 6, 355–56, 358–62, 364, 366, 370–77
courtship of Ellen by, 6, 88–92, 97–98, 321
Cox’s candidacy supported by, 691–93
cross-country speaking tour of, 620–38
daily routine during Presidency of, 285, 339, 389–90, 500
at daughters’ weddings, 317, 328–29
death of, 735–39
Debs’ pardon refused by, 686–87, 697
diversions of, 694–95
elected President, 246–48, 251–52, 345
elementary and high school education of, 38–39, 42–48
and Ellen’s death, 333–38, 360
family background of, 25–29
family life of, 120–21, 168, 175–76, 219, 302, 352
and final session of Sixty-fifth Congress, 548–52
final years of, 725–35
foreign policy of, 10, 12, 286–90, 319, 350–53, 410, 418–23, 705, 706
foundation established in honor of, 714–15, 724–25, 734
funeral of, 739–41
at Gettysburg commemoration, 303, 305
and Harding’s inauguration, 700–701
health problems of, 6–7, 35, 47, 80, 82, 87, 96, 98, 106, 124, 144, 164, 167, 169, 271, 284–85, 406, 429–30, 501–2, 568–70, 573, 613–18, 628, 631–32
honeymoon of Edith and, 381, 383–84, 581
house built by Ellen and, 123–24, 137
House’s role as adviser to, 252–54, 267, 283, 338, 340, 351, 353–54, 379, 384–85
inaugurations of, 274–78, 280, 426–27, 429, 705
intervention in Russia opposed by, 498–99
in Italy, 520–21
Johns Hopkins graduate studies of, 87, 92–98, 100, 105
Johns Hopkins lectures of, 108, 109, 111, 114, 121, 266, 390
at Keith’s Theatre performances, 432, 500–501, 710, 717–18, 729, 730, 733
lame-duck period of presidency of, 693, 696–700, 711
in law school, 76–82
legal career of, 82, 84–86, 105, 114, 706, 711–13
Lodge’s personal antagonism toward, 611–13
during Mexican crisis, 319–24, 332, 353, 369, 386, 390–94, 498
and midterm elections, 340, 344–45, 353, 503–7, 713, 723–24
and mother’s death, 107–8
at motion-picture screenings, 14, 16, 348–49, 546, 552, 603, 639, 679, 694, 730
moves family to White House, 270–74, 276–7
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and neutrality policy during World War I, 336–37, 352, 354, 362–69, 373, 377, 378, 384, 394–95, 410–11
as New Jersey governor, 7, 8, 204–15, 218, 219, 221, 228–29, 242, 245, 256–257, 267, 272
New Jersey gubernatorial campaign of, 181–82, 186, 190–204
Panama Canal Act repeal urged by, 325–26
panegyrics to, 705–6
at Paris Peace Conference, 523–45, 555–59, 562–68, 571–88, 590, 592–99, 602, 608, 609, 718
preparedness advocated by, 386–90, 403
Presidential campaigns of, 10, 212–44, 384, 397–99, 404–14, 417
press conferences of, 291–92, 321–22, 540–41
on Princeton faculty, 8, 52, 113–19, 121–22, 124, 126–34, 213, 494
Princeton presidency of, 8, 12, 135–46, 149–59, 161–75, 178–86, 191, 196–97, 212, 222, 245, 256, 332, 400, 577, 612, 630
at Princeton reunion, 331–32
Princeton undergraduate years of, 51, 56–73, 80, 81, 113, 186, 611
propaganda efforts of. See Committee on Public Information
racial views of, 11–12, 244–46, 269–70, 307–12, 345–50, 369, 409, 481–87, 578
recuperation and performance of Presidential duties, 646–69, 672–84, 693
reelection of, 414–17
reforms accomplished by, 9–10, 270, 295–300, 314–16, 327–28, 398–99, 705
relationship of Mary Hulbert Peck and, 6, 176–78, 219, 370, 371, 374–75, 411–12, 630
romantic aspirations of, 80–84
in Scotland, 124–25, 142
secret intelligence gathering project of. See Inquiry, the
Senate tribute to, 725
Southern viewpoint of, 38, 270, 307–8
speaking engagements of, 108, 122–23, 130–31, 145–46, 149, 163, 170–71, 175, 257–59
speeches before Congress of, 9, 292–94, 297–98, 300–301, 320, 325–27, 352, 423–24, 433–38, 453, 469–73
State of the Union addresses and messages of, 9, 326, 352, 377–78, 453, 462, 467, 518–20, 659, 695
stroke suffered by, 635–46, 668
superstitions of, 12–13
suppression of rights during war advocated by, 453–55, 494–98
Supreme Court nominations of, 338–39, 400–402
third-term ambitions of, 684–85, 688–91, 713, 721–22
Treaty of Versailles presented to Senate by, 603–8, 613
Tumulty’s role in White House of, 267, 283–84
and U.S. entry into World War I, 10–12, 417–18, 423–25, 430–40
in Unknown Soldier procession, 715–16
vacations during Presidency of, 312, 317, 320–21, 338, 406
at Versailles for Treaty signing, 600–601
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