Edith Wilson was the wife of President Woodrow Wilson. After he had a stroke, Edith was given the nickname "America's First Woman President."

Edith Wilson's nickname was Mrs. President. Edith Wilson was married to Woodrow Wilson. When he had a stroke in office, Edith Wilson, tried to take over some of his duties.

Sounds like Edith Bolling Wilson after her husband's stroke, when she often had to conduct White House business, and even guided his hand while he signed documents.

Some people may have given this name to Edith Wilson. After President Wilson had a stroke, Mrs. Wilson controlled access to him and even screened state papers sent to him and decided what he needed to see.

No. There were rumours that Mrs Edith Galt Wilson was really running the country during Woodrow Wilson's illness 1919-21, perhaps even to the point of forging his signature on documents, but she always denied this. Jocular references to "Mrs President" always angered her, and she insisted that "The President was Woodrow Wilson".