edith wilson overstepped boundaries. she decided -- when president wilson was so ill, she made several decisions about him that resulted in her not exactly running the country, but she certainly misled the american people. she decided not to tell him the extent of his ill health. she decided not to tell the cabinet the extent of his ill health. she decided not to tell the american people the extent of his own health. she decided that he should not step down, although we did not have a requirement for that. the vice president was widely seen as weak or inconsequential. she continued to insist that he would be able to continue to serve as president. she decided which mail he would see. she decided which people would come to him. she decided which topics he should take up. she determined to the timing of all of this. this is all happening in the context of trying to bring a conclusion to world war i. so edith wilson is the person that we look back to and say, you have stepped too far. we say this because even during nancy r

i think is is probably what leads to the answer of edith wilson, and she i think edith wilson also because she becomes the the example of what not to do is first lady edith wilson overstepped bounds. she she decided when when president wilson was so ill she made several decisions about him that resulted in her. not exactly running the country, but she certainly misled the american people. she decided not to tell him the extent of his ill health. she decided not to tell the cabinet the extent of his ill health. she decided not to tell the american people the extent it was ill health. she decided that he should not step down. although there was no we didn't have a requirement for that and the vice president was widely seen as week or inconsequential and she continued to insist that he would be able to continue to be service president. she decided which mail he would see she decided which people would come to him. she decided which topics he should take up. she determined the timing of all this and this is all happening in the context of trying to bring a conclusion to world war one. so edith

his wife, first lady edith wilson lived until 1961. the quest to have to the national trust. the national trust opened the door to the public in 1963. first lady edith wilson's vision of that house was to be a standing legacy of woodrow wilson. the interpretation was very much, centered as you would imagine, on war with war one. wilson's war as the international statesman. the first in the period to hold that distinction on the world stage. and wilson the man, those were the two pillars of interpretation there. when you came to the house, those are the stories that were central, right? through the african american cultural heritage action fund of the national trust, the focus began, of course, to tell the fuller history. so when i joined i looked at the interpretation, i looked at what was on display that had for the most part remained unchanged since 1961. there has been shifts of objects, small objects here and there but as far as the experience and the topics that were covered it has remained that way until 2008, when i joined the team there. so i looked at it and i said,