text: who was the first unoficial female president? according to my teacher, there is a legitimate answer. help me out here i have looked all over the internet but can't find the solution. he said it was in the text book and i read it about 30000 times. edith wilson wife of woodrow wilson. she carefully screen the documents he was shown and the people he could see after his stroke.  therefore she was running the country.  he had a stroke after unsuccessfully campaigning for united states entry into the league of nations following world war 1