Margaret Woodrow Wilson
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Margaret Woodrow Wilson (16 April 1886, Gainesville, Georgia
– 12 February 1944, Pondicherry, India
) was the daughter of President Woodrow Wilson
and Ellen Louise Axson. Wilson had two sisters, Jessie W. Wilson
and Eleanor R. Wilson
. After her mother's death in 1914 she served as the First Lady of the United States
until Woodrow's second marriage in 1915.
Wilson sang and made several recordings around 1918. In 1938 she travelled to the ashram
of Sri Aurobindo
in Pondicherry, India where she chose to stay for the rest of her life; 6 years later she died there from a kidney infection. She was later known in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram as 'Nistha'. Sri Aurobindo gave her this name after she became a member of the Ashram; the word is Sanskrit for "sincerity." She and scholar Joseph Campbell
edited the English translation of the classical work on the Hindu mystic, Sri Ramakrishna, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
by Swami Nikhilananda, which was published in 1942, by Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center
, New York.
In his last will
, her left her an annuity of $2500 annually as long as that amount did not exceed one-third of the annual income of his estate.
Gainesville, Georgia
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– 12 February 1944, Pondicherry, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
) was the daughter of President Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
and Ellen Louise Axson. Wilson had two sisters, Jessie W. Wilson
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre was a daughter of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and a political activist. “She worked vigorously for women's suffrage, social issues, and to promote her father's call for a League of Nations, and emerged as a force in the Massachusetts Democratic...
and Eleanor R. Wilson
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo was an American author who wrote about her famous father, Woodrow Wilson. She usually went by the nickname Nellie.- Life :...
. After her mother's death in 1914 she served as the First Lady of the United States
First Lady of the United States
First Lady of the United States is the title of the hostess of the White House. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, the title is most often applied to the wife of a sitting president. The current first lady is Michelle Obama.-Current:The...
until Woodrow's second marriage in 1915.
Wilson sang and made several recordings around 1918. In 1938 she travelled to the ashram
Ashram
Traditionally, an ashram is a spiritual hermitage. Additionally, today the term ashram often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity such as yoga, music study or religious instruction, the moral equivalent of a studio or dojo....
of Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo , born Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose , was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders, before developing his own vision of human progress...
in Pondicherry, India where she chose to stay for the rest of her life; 6 years later she died there from a kidney infection. She was later known in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram as 'Nistha'. Sri Aurobindo gave her this name after she became a member of the Ashram; the word is Sanskrit for "sincerity." She and scholar Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...
edited the English translation of the classical work on the Hindu mystic, Sri Ramakrishna, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna translated by Swami Nikhilananda is an English translation of the Bengali religious text Sri Sri Rāmakrishna Kathāmrita...
by Swami Nikhilananda, which was published in 1942, by Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center
Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center
The Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center of New York is a branch of the Ramakrishna Order of India, founded in 1933 by Swami Nikhilananda. After Nikhilananda's death in 1973, the center was headed by Swami Adiswarananda until the latter's death in 2007...
, New York.
In his last will
Will (law)
A will or testament is a legal declaration by which a person, the testator, names one or more persons to manage his/her estate and provides for the transfer of his/her property at death...
, her left her an annuity of $2500 annually as long as that amount did not exceed one-third of the annual income of his estate.
