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Presidents are our leaders. When we learn about our presidents, we can learn about how to become better leaders ourselves. We can learn from their accomplishments and failures. Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States of America. We can learn from Woodrow Wilson by studying his early life and family, his education and early career, his political rise to the presidency, his accomplishments as president, and his life after his presidency.

Wilson’s early life and family is important because they taught him to care for people and that education is important. He was born in Staunton, Virginia on December 28, 1856. His Father was Joseph Wilson, a presbyterian minister. His mother, Janet Wilson, was the daughter of a presbyterian minister. He was the third of four children. Their family moved around the south throughout his childhood. During the Civil War, his parents helped wounded soldiers in the South. He married Ellen Axson in 1885 and together they had three children. During his presidency, Ellen died, and he married Edith Bolling Gate a year later.

His education was very important to him and shaped his career before becoming president. He earned many degrees as a student. He attended Davidson College and Princeton University, where he earned his baccalaureate degree. He then attended the Law School at the University of Virginia, where he earned his Law Degree. He became a layer, but went back to school to earn his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University. He then became a professor of jurisprudence and political economy. He taught at Bryn Mawr College, Wesleyan College and finally Princeton University. There he was very popular teacher and became president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910. There he b...

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...or Peace for getting the League of Nations into the Peace treaty.

At the end of his presidency, Wilson suffered a stroke. It kept some of his body from working. His wife helped by doing some of his work and making decisions for him. After he was president he lived with his wife in Washington D.C., and started a law firm with his friend. Because of his stroke, he wasn’t able to do any serious work. He died on February 3, 1924, in Washington D.C.

Some people think that Woodrow Wilson was a great president ,and some do not. I think that he was an amazing president. He had a great education and got lots of degrees. It was extraordinary how he worked to make peace during his presidency. He did so many good things for the people of the United States. One thing I like is that he made sure that women were able to vote because that made a huge difference in America.