Woodrow Wilson, not one of my favorite presidents. He was the only president to have a PhD. He was very bright, but was he also very arrogant and also not a fan of African-Americans. There are Wilson numismatic items, but I only have examples of his two presidential inaugural medals. 1913 1917 In 1916 Wilson ran on the promise that, if he were to be reelected, he would keep the U.S. out of World War I. This button was issued during that campaign. After the election Wilson had Congress declare war on Germany and got us into the war. In 1940, the U.S. isolationist movement issued this button concerning World War II.
I suppose I should post a couple Wilson buttons He pushed for a shorter work week for railroad workers, which for safety reasons, was a good idea. Here Wilson is with his running mate, Thomas Marshal And an end of World War I piece with General John Pershing.
Yeah, it's important to keep in mind what things were like for laborers at that time. My grandfather was a pretty conservative guy (and also not a fan of "those" ), but he was a union organizer, and helped make the railroad a less deadly place to work. His father most likely viewed the old work rules as "just the way things are". I sometimes wonder what things that we take for granted today will be viewed with horror a hundred years from now. I mean, besides social media.
