Woodrow Wilson: The Polarizing One

08/25/20 • 40 min

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Was Woodrow Wilson even really president while he was president? After using hush money to help get elected to a second term, his health became so fragile that someone else was rumored to be calling all the shots... and some consider her to be the first woman to ever hold the highest office.

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