Jim’s Reviews > Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the Women of The White House > Status Update

Edith (Wilson) responded to World War I with a patriot's heart. She clamped down on the family finances, oversaw a strict cutback in White House expenditures, and even bought sheep for the mansion's lawn whose wool was auctioned on behalf of the Red Cross. She even made sure her husband...got enough rest and relaxation ( a billiard table was installed for his diversion).