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SUMMARY:MBL Falmouth Forum: “Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson” - Rebecca Roberts\, Author
DESCRIPTION:Lectures are open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance. Free parking is available in any MBL lot. No registration required for in-person attendance. Doors open at 7:00 PM\, lectures start at 7:30 PM.\nA book signing will follow the presentation \nLecture Abstract: While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became the nation’s first acting president. In fact\, she was born in 1872\, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. She climbed her way out of Appalachian poverty and into the highest echelons of American power and in 1919 effectively acted as the first woman president of the U.S. (before women could even vote nationwide) when her husband\, Woodrow Wilson\, was incapacitated. Beautiful\, brilliant\, charismatic\, catty\, and calculating\, she was a complicated figure whose personal quest for influence reshaped the position of First Lady into one of political prominence forever. And still\, nobody truly understands who she was. \nRebecca Boggs Roberts is an award-winning educator\, author\, and speaker\, and is a leading historian of American women’s suffrage and civic participation. Her books include the award-winning The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World; Suffragists in Washington\, D.C.: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote; and Historic Congressional Cemetery. She is currently deputy director of events at the Library of Congress and has previously worked as a journalist\, producer\, tour guide\, forensic anthropologist\, event planner\, political consultant\, jazz singer\, and radio talk show host. Roberts serves on the board of the National Archives Foundation\, on the Council of Advisors of the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation\, and on the Editorial Advisory Committee of the White House Historical Association. She lives in Washington\, DC\, with her husband\, their three sons\, and a long-eared hound dog. \nJoin Us for Dinner\nAn optional buffet dinner precedes each Falmouth Forum lecture.\n6:00 PM: Swope Center\, 5 North Street\, Woods Hole\nTickets: $40/each or reserve a table of eight\nPurchase tickets at https://www.mbl.edu/events/falmouth-forum\nRegistration for the dinners close one week prior to the event. We regret that no tickets will be sold at the door.
URL:https://woodshole.com/event/mbl-falmouth-forum-untold-power-the-fascinating-rise-and-complex-legacy-of-first-lady-edith-wilson-rebecca-roberts-author/
LOCATION:Marine Biological Laboratory\, 7 MBL Street\, Woods Hole\, MA\, 02543\, United States
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