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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00118.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | Woodrow Wilson to Helen H. Gardener expressing distress at her hospitalization |
| Date | 21 August 1918 |
| Author | Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Expresses his distress at her being hospitalized. Explains that his distress arises mostly from her inability to continue to do her fine work. He also offers his assistance in helping her attain her goal. Typed on White House stationery in green ink with header, The White House Washington. Stationery watermarked Whiting's Woven Linen. |
| Subjects | President Women's History Health and Medical Government and Civics Suffrage Politics Progressive Era World War I |
| People | Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton) (1853-1925) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | World War I; Women in American History; Health & Medicine; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Gardener was born Alice Chenoweth. She was a suffragette and in 1920, Wilson appointed her to the United States Civil Service Commission, the first woman to occupy so high a federal position. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |