First Moms Lou Henry Hoover is a big history crush for us.  Ever a maverick, Lou was a tomboy, a scientist, and the first woman to major in geology at Stanford.  After she married Herbert Hoover, the two traveled to China, Burma, Japan, Egypt, Australia, and New Zealand. As a mother, Lou traveled the world with her young children.  After giving birth to their first son, Herbert Jr., in 1903, Lou was ready to travel within five weeks. The baby, a nurse, and the Hoovers left for Australia with baby Herbert in a traveling basket.  By the time Herbert Jr. was one year old, he had been around the world twice. Here is portrait Lou Hoover with Allan and Herbert Jr. in London, England, 1908. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.  And thanks for the adventures! -from the Hoover Library
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Lou Henry Hoover is a big history crush for us.  Ever a maverick, Lou was a tomboy, a scientist, and the first woman to major in geology at Stanford.  After she married Herbert Hoover, the two traveled to China, Burma, Japan, Egypt, Australia, and New Zealand. As a mother, Lou traveled the world with her young children. 

After giving birth to their first son, Herbert Jr., in 1903, Lou was ready to travel within five weeks. The baby, a nurse, and the Hoovers left for Australia with baby Herbert in a traveling basket.  By the time Herbert Jr. was one year old, he had been around the world twice.

Here is portrait Lou Hoover with Allan and Herbert Jr. in London, England, 1908.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.  And thanks for the adventures!

-from the Hoover Library


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The Girl Scouts “Little House” The “Little House” was set up in the early 1920s in Washington, DC to serve as the headquarters for demonstrating the home-making activities of the Girl Scouts. First Lady Lou Hoover was closely involved with the Girl Scouts.  In 1930 Mrs. Hoover commissioned a New York craftsman to make, at her expense, an exact reproduction doll house of the original “Little House,” including dolls dressed in Scout uniforms and even the paper on the walls.  See it here. Happy 100th birthday to the Girl Scouts of America!
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The Girl Scouts “Little House”

The “Little House” was set up in the early 1920s in Washington, DC to serve as the headquarters for demonstrating the home-making activities of the Girl Scouts.

First Lady Lou Hoover was closely involved with the Girl Scouts.  In 1930 Mrs. Hoover commissioned a New York craftsman to make, at her expense, an exact reproduction doll house of the original “Little House,” including dolls dressed in Scout uniforms and even the paper on the walls.  See it here.

Happy 100th birthday to the Girl Scouts of America!

“The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling.”

Does this line call out to your eternally 14-year old heart?  It’s from a handwritten essay by future-First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, written shortly before her 15th birthday.  “The Independent Girl,” penned on January 31, 1890, reveals Lou’s own vivacious and independent spirit. 

In the conclusion, Lou seems to channel the future that awaits her as the partner of 31st President Herbert Hoover.  She proclaims that the independent girl will sooner or later “meet a spirit equally as independent as her own…and with combined strength go forth to meet the world.”

Go forth, girls.

-More independent Lou

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coolchicksfromhistory: US First Lady Lou Hoover (1874-1944) Desegregated White House functions Only First Lady (so far) to speak an Asian language.  Sometimes Herbert and Lou would speak Chinese to foil eavesdroppers. Along with her husband, she translated  Agricola’s De Re Metallica from Latin. It is still the standard English translation today.   Decorated by King Albert I for her work with Belgian refugees during WWI. First women to receive a geology degree from Stanford University Advocate for Girl Scouting
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US First Lady Lou Hoover (1874-1944)

  • Desegregated White House functions
  • Only First Lady (so far) to speak an Asian language.  Sometimes Herbert and Lou would speak Chinese to foil eavesdroppers.
  • Along with her husband, she translated  Agricola’s De Re Metallica from Latin. It is still the standard English translation today.  
  • Decorated by King Albert I for her work with Belgian refugees during WWI.
  • First women to receive a geology degree from Stanford University
  • Advocate for Girl Scouting

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