Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
| Eleanor Wilson McAdoo | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Eleanor Wilson circa 1910 | |
| Born |
Eleanor Wilson October 16, 1889 Middletown, Connecticut |
| Died |
April 5, 1967 (aged 77) Montecito, California |
| Other names | Nellie Wilson |
| Spouse(s) | William Gibbs McAdoo (m. 1914–34) (divorced) |
| Children |
Ellen Wilson McAdoo (1915–1946) Mary Faith McAdoo (1920–1988) |
| Parent(s) |
Woodrow Wilson Ellen Axson |
Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo (October 16, 1889 – April 5, 1967) was an American author who wrote about her father, Woodrow Wilson.[1]
Biography
Born in Middletown, Connecticut, she married Wilson's Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo at the White House on May 7, 1914.[2] They had a daughter Ellen Wilson McAdoo (1915–1946)[3] and a second daughter, Mary Faith McAdoo (1920–1988).[4] She divorced McAdoo in 1934.[5]
Because she had written a biography about her father, she served as an informal counselor on the 1944 biopic Wilson.[6] In 1965, she became largely incapacitated after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.
McAdoo died at her home in Montecito, California, at 77.[1] She was interred at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California.
Family
- Woodrow Wilson, father
- Ellen Axson Wilson, mother
- William Gibbs McAdoo, former husband
- Margaret Wilson, sister
- Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre, sister
Bibliography
- The Woodrow Wilsons by Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (McMillan, 1937)
- Julia and the White House "An American girl finds herself in the exciting yet sobering limelight of the White House" (Dodd, Mead, 1946)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, President's Daughter, 77, Dies. Former Wife of Treasury Chief Remained Dedicated to Her Father's Ideals". New York Times. April 7, 1967. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, a daughter of President Wilson and the former wife of William Gibbs McAdoo, Mr. Wilson's Treasury Secretary, died last night at her home here. She was 77 years old. ...
- ↑ Staff report (May 8, 1914). ELEANOR WILSON WEDS W.G. M'ADOO; President's Youngest Daughter and Secretary of Treasury Married at White House. New York Times
- ↑ Staff report (May 22, 1915,). DAUGHTER IS BORN TO MRS. W. G. McADOO; President's Second Grandchild Will be Christened Ellen for the Late Mrs. Wilson.New York Times
- ↑ Staff report (July 18, 1934). NEW M'ADOO BABY BORN PRIMARY NIGHT; A Second Daughter for ex-Secretary of the Treasury and the Former Miss Eleanor Wilson. New York Times
- ↑ Staff report (July 18, 1934). Eleanor Wilson McAdoo Divorces Senator At Five-Minute Hearing on Incompatibility. New York Times
- ↑ Knock, Thomas J. "History with Lightning": The Forgotten Film Wilson. American Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 5 (Winter, 1976), pp. 523-543
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