After Woodrow Wilson’s debilitating stroke on October 2, 1919, he rarely left the White House except for occasional rides in the presidential Pierce-Arrow. This photograph, taken in March 1920 during the final throes of his fight with the Senate over the League of Nations, shows the extraordinary change that had taken place in the man, who at age 63 appears much older. Edith Wilson at this time personally managed the president’s official business, screening him from all but a few urgent matters in order to protect his health.
Source photograph: National Photo Company, March 20, 1920. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, National Photo Company Collection.
Date: 1920
After Woodrow Wilson’s debilitating stroke on October 2, 1919, he rarely left the White House except for occasional rides in the presidential Pierce-Arrow. This photograph, taken in March 1920 during the final throes of his fight with the Senate over the League of Nations, shows the extraordinary change that had taken place in the man, who at age 63 appears much older. Edith Wilson at this time personally managed the president’s official business, screening him from all but a few urgent matters in order to protect his health.
Source photograph: National Photo Company, March 20, 1920. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, National Photo Company Collection.
Date: 1920