Editing Woodrow Wilson (section)

=== Second marriage ===
[[File:Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson seated outdoors with their three daughters standing behind them-(left to right) Margaret, Eleanor, and Jessie, in Cornish, New Hampshire LCCN2013649731 (restored).jpg|thumb|The Wilson family in 1912]]
The health of Ellen Wilson declined after her husband entered office, and doctors diagnosed her with [[Bright's disease]] in July 1914.<ref>Berg (2013), pp. 332–333</ref> She died on August 6, 1914.<ref>Berg (2013), pp. 334–335</ref> President Wilson was deeply affected by the loss, falling into depression.<ref>Heckscher (1991), pp. 333–335</ref> On March 18, 1915, Wilson met [[Edith Bolling Galt]] at a White House tea.<ref>Haskins (2016), p. 166</ref> Galt was a widow and jeweler who was also from the South. After several meetings, Wilson fell in love with her, and he proposed marriage to her in May 1915. Galt initially rebuffed him, but Wilson was undeterred and continued the courtship.<ref>Heckscher (1991), pp. 348–350.</ref> Edith gradually warmed to the relationship, and they became engaged in September 1915.<ref>Berg (2013), pp. 361, 372–374</ref> They were married on December 18, 1915. Woodrow Wilson joined [[John Tyler]] and Grover Cleveland as the only presidents to marry while in office.<ref>Heckscher (1991), pp. 350, 356.</ref>