Lou Henry Hoover Papers. 1874 - 1973. Lou Henry Hoover Papers: Correspondence File. 1874 - 1944. Mrs. Hoover's comments concerning her husband's initial lack of interest in the Presidency in 1920.

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Lou Henry Hoover Papers. 1874 - 1973. Lou Henry Hoover Papers: Correspondence File. 1874 - 1944. Mrs. Hoover's comments concerning her husband's initial lack of interest in the Presidency in 1920.

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Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944

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Lou Henry Hoover served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover. An avid Chinese linguist and geology scholar, she was also the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts. Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Leland Stanford University. She was a fre...