Lou Hoover
Louise "Lou" Henry Hoover (born March 29, 1874 in Waterloo , Iowa , † January 7, 1944 in New York City ) was the wife of US President Herbert Hoover and the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933.
Her parents were Florence Ida Ward Henry and Charles Delano Henry. The family first lived in Iowa, but then moved to Whittier , California .
Lou enjoyed riding and hunting, and spoke five languages, including Chinese . In 1894 she attended Stanford University . She was the first American woman to earn a PhD in geology .
Herbert and Lou married on February 10, 1899. They had two sons: Herbert Charles Hoover (born August 4, 1903, † July 9, 1969) and Allan Hoover (born July 17, 1907, † November 4, 1993).
Lou was initially buried in Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto , California. In 1964, her grave was moved to West Branch, Iowa , where her husband was born and buried.
literature
- Nancy Beck Young: The Historiography of Lou Henry Hoover. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 423-438.
Web links
- Lou Henry Hoover in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on the White House website (archived)
- National First Ladies' Library
- Herbert Hoover - Presidential Library and Museum
- Lou Hoover in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hoover, Lou |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henry Hoover, Lou (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American First Lady from 1929 to 1933 (wife of US President Herbert Hoover) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waterloo, Iowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1944 |
| Place of death | New York City |