Unique to Woodrow Wilson’s presidential automotive fleet was an emblem proudly bolted to the grill, one which had never before been used by a president. A chrome oval containing three A’s, the ornament was the symbol for membership to the American Automobile Association.

It has been 100 years since the death of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States. President Wilson’s passing on February 3, 1924, left a profound and complex legacy that shapes our nation and world even today.

When WWI broke out in 1914, women in eight states – mostly in the west – had the right to vote. Women in the other 40 states that made up the US at that time did not have the right to vote. America’s involvement in the war spurred on many suffragettes – who while not all united in their response to the war – viewed with hope President Woodrow Wilson’s framing of America’s involvement in World War I as a defense of democracy. Hope that it would encourage accountability at home – for how could you make the world safe for democracy with half the nation disenfranchised? As with the Preparedness movement and the war, Wilson’s public position on women’s suffrage evolved during his two terms.

Andrew Phillips, curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA returns to the World War I Podcast to discuss Wilson and the aftermath of World War I as well as Wilson's legacy as a wartime president.

Andrew Phillips, curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA returns to the World War I Podcast to discuss Wilson’s evolving response to World War I and his role as a wartime president.  This is the second of several interviews that examines Woodrow Wilson’s presidency and World War I.

Woodrow Wilson - the professor turned president and a very complicated figure in American history. He campaigned to be a domestic policy president and later in favor of neutrality but ended up a wartime president.

Woodrow Wilson is a man and President whose policies and beliefs leave him with a
troubled legacy. He fits into the category of former President who did some great
things and he also did some terrible things. Uncomfortable conversations and
discussing the full picture of historical figures is essential.

Woodrow Wilson is a man and President whose policies and beliefs leave him with a
troubled legacy. He fits into the category of former President who did some great
things and he also did some terrible things. Uncomfortable conversations and
discussing the full picture of historical figures is essential.

Woodrow Wilson is a man and President whose policies and beliefs leave him with a
troubled legacy. He fits into the category of former President who did some great
things and he also did some terrible things. Uncomfortable conversations and
discussing the full picture of historical figures is essential.