THOMAS WOODROW WILSON
1856 - 1924

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States from 1913 until 1921, which made the Mexican Revolution and World War One part of his daily troubles.

He used to be called Tommy Wilson. Tommy was born December 28, 1856, at Staunton, Virginia. He lived 67 years.

Thomas also worked as teacher of history and political science and president of Princeton University. His hobbies were politics and literature.

His first wife was Ellen. After Ellen's death, Thomas married Edith. He had three daughters Margaret, Jessie, and Eleanor.

TW's father was Joseph Ruggles Wilson. What a great name. His mother was Janet Woodrow.


STRENGTHS
TW was dyslexic from childhood and didn't learn to read until after he was ten years old. In spite of this handicap, he became a master of the English language.

When he recognized that others might be specialists of a certain subject, he was humble enough to admit it and delegated to the pros.


SUCCESSES
Thomas led his country through World War I and became the creator and leading advocate of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize.

During his second term, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed and ratified, giving women the right to vote.

WOODROW WILSON AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
The problem was to figure out what exactly was going on down there in revolutionary Mexico. Woodrow Wilson soon found out that his ambassador, Mr Henry Lane Wilson, was in favor of General Victoriano Huerta who overthrew President Francisco Madero just two weeks before Woodrow Wilson became president.

Not only was the ambassador pro-Huerta, he had an active part in the plot that ousted a foreign president.

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