How did a man who disliked women's education and was uninterested in the suffrage movement become the president who saw the nineteenth amendment pass? How did a sickly man bear the burden of presidency? How did a rigid and austere man have two, or maybe three, great and passionate loves in his life? A Life Worth Reading: Woodrow Wilson will answer your questions about the twenty-eighth president. President Woodrow Wilson was the picture of a serious man. Known for his scholarly bent, his sober personality, and sometimes his poor health, Wilson's public image was not a jovial one. Underneath that exterior, however, was also a man who joked around when at home, was known for his vaudevillian humor, and possibly had a passionate affair outside of marriage. To get to know more about the twenty-eighth president than just the image, read A Life Worth Reading: Woodrow Wilson. You will learn about the man as well as the politician, the personal as well as the professional. You will also learn about the times he lived in. As a child during the Civil War and a president during the Great War, this president lived - and thrived - through conflict at home and abroad.