WOMEN ADMIRERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT WILSON PAY TRIBUTE AT HIS S STREET HOME
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 28, 1922, "several thousand women admirers*" of former President Woodrow Wilson "marched to (his) secluded S Street home...and paid him a silent, but tensely emotional tribute."
Mr. Wilson, described by the Washington Bureau of the New York Tribune as a "physically broken man**," came to the doorway "leaning heavily upon a colored servant" and briefly spoke to the women.
The 28th POTUS said...
"Thank you very much for the compliment. I appreciate it deeply. I am sorry I am not strong enough to make a speech."
*The women were Democratic delegates to the Women's Pan American Conference & Convention of the National League of Women Voters meeting in Baltimore.
**President Wilson suffered a stroke on Oct 2 1919 & although he slowly recovered, it left him paralyzed on one side. WW died in 1924.
SOURCES
"Wilson Cheered By Women of Many Nations," The New York Tribune, April 29, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke," This Day In History: October 2, www.history.com/
