Woodrow Wilson | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/woodrow-wilson/RSS feed for Woodrow WilsonenWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy Is Loaded With Good and Bad, but His Work to Even the Economic Playing Field Is Often Overlookedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/woodrow-wilson-legacy-loaded-good-bad-work-even-economic-playing-field-often-overlooked-180988853/He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in ending WWI and strove to improve the plight of American workers. Today, his blind spots shroud most of his accomplishmentsWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/woodrow-wilson-legacy-loaded-good-bad-work-even-economic-playing-field-often-overlooked-180988853/Theodore Roosevelt Survived an Assassination Attempt Because a Speech Tucked Inside His Pocket Slowed the Bullet. He Insisted on Delivering His Remarks Anywayhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/theodore-roosevelt-survived-an-assassination-attempt-because-a-speech-tucked-inside-his-pocket-slowed-the-bullet-he-insisted-on-delivering-his-remarks-anyway-180988911/"I am very much uninterested in whether I am shot or not," he told an audience in Milwaukee. Newly discovered documents shed light on how the 26th president wanted the incident to shape his legacyTue, 09 Jun 2026 11:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/theodore-roosevelt-survived-an-assassination-attempt-because-a-speech-tucked-inside-his-pocket-slowed-the-bullet-he-insisted-on-delivering-his-remarks-anyway-180988911/Popular Lore Claims That William Howard Taft Got Stuck in a Bathtub. New Research Sheds Light on the Legend's Forgotten Originshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/popular-lore-claims-that-william-howard-taft-got-stuck-in-a-bathtub-new-research-sheds-light-on-the-legends-forgotten-origins-180988386/A long-overlooked 1929 account contains the earliest known reference to the anecdote, suggesting that the 27th president found himself trapped in a tub during a Mississippi River voyageMon, 23 Mar 2026 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/popular-lore-claims-that-william-howard-taft-got-stuck-in-a-bathtub-new-research-sheds-light-on-the-legends-forgotten-origins-180988386/Why the 1924 Democratic National Convention Was the Longest and Most Chaotic of Its Kind in U.S. Historyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-1924-democratic-national-convention-was-the-longest-and-most-chaotic-of-its-kind-in-us-history-180984590/A century ago, the party took a record 103 ballots and 16 days of intense, violent debate to choose a presidential nomineeMon, 24 Jun 2024 19:02:29 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-1924-democratic-national-convention-was-the-longest-and-most-chaotic-of-its-kind-in-us-history-180984590/The Shipwrecked Teenager Who Helped End Japan's Isolationist Erahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shipwrecked-teenager-who-helped-end-japans-isolationist-era-180982199/Rescued by an American sea captain, Manjiro spent time abroad before returning home, where he was valued for his expertise but never fully trustedFri, 19 May 2023 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shipwrecked-teenager-who-helped-end-japans-isolationist-era-180982199/How Edith Wilson Kept Herself—and Her Husband—in the White Househttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-edith-wilson-kept-herselfand-her-husbandin-the-white-house-180981712/A new book about the first lady reveals how she and the ailing President Woodrow Wilson silenced their criticsTue, 07 Mar 2023 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-edith-wilson-kept-herselfand-her-husbandin-the-white-house-180981712/A Colorful History of Cats in the White Househttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-colorful-history-of-cats-in-the-white-house-180979561/Willow Biden isn’t the first feline to grace the presidential residence's hallsFri, 11 Feb 2022 11:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-colorful-history-of-cats-in-the-white-house-180979561/The Pitfalls and Promise of America's Founding Mythshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/determining-americas-national-myth-will-determine-countrys-fate-180977067/Maintaining a shared sense of nationhood has always been a struggle for a country defined not by organic ties, but by a commitment to a set of idealsMon, 22 Feb 2021 17:42:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/determining-americas-national-myth-will-determine-countrys-fate-180977067/Library of Congress' Presidential Papers, From Washington's Geometry Notes to Wilson's Love Letters, Are Now Onlinehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/explore-american-history-never-through-newly-digitized-presidential-papers-180976575/Four newly added collections mark the conclusion of a two-decade digitization projectThu, 17 Dec 2020 19:29:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/explore-american-history-never-through-newly-digitized-presidential-papers-180976575/What Happened When Woodrow Wilson Came Down With the 1918 Flu?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-when-woodrow-wilson-came-down-1918-flu-180975972/The president contracted influenza while attending peace talks in Paris, but the nation was never told the full, true storyFri, 02 Oct 2020 17:00:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-when-woodrow-wilson-came-down-1918-flu-180975972/