Ellen Axson Wilson is seen as the forgotten first lady. She was the first lady from March 4, 1913, Woodrow Wilson’s Inauguration, till August 6, 1914, her death. Although, it maybe seen that there cannot be very much accomplished in those meer seventeen months of being the first lady, Ellen Axson Wilson proved everyone wrong that one can take such a small period of time and create a large impact on not only the world around her, but the future of all first ladies.
Ellen became involved with many projects, even before her role as the first lady, that helped to better the world around her, even if it did not directly affect her. Her cousin Mary Hoyt stated, “Ellen never could keep herself away from some kind of social work.” Ellen was involved
