so, wouldn't you think that he would stop being -- seeing mary peck? no he didn't. in fact as soon asov he got back to the united statesunited states, he and ellen went up to massachusetts where mary lived with her husband during thestat, summer. he and ellen went up to massachusetts where mary lived we are husband during the summer. i don't know why she did that. it could be that she wanted to see this rival. it could be that she wanted mary to see her and to know that she had the better claim on him. it could be that she wanted to protect woodrow wilson's reputation because he had a political career ahead of him. so she pretended that mary peck was a family friend. sure enough, in 1910, woodrow wilson was elected governor of new jersey. once again, ellen rose to the occasion. she'd been active in welfare work in her community. this was known as municipal housekeeping. women argued that if they could run households, they could also clean up their communities. this was considered a safe alternative to the scary idea of women voting. so she began to investigate the st