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Tag Archives: First Lady Lou Hoover
Lou Henry Hoover and Women’s Athletics
The Western Woman Despite her birth and early girlhood in Iowa, Lou Henry (1874-1944) spent most of her growing-up years in California when it was still considered the “Wild West.” Her father, Charles Henry, was a middle class banker, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Lou Hoover, history, Lou Henry Hoover, National Amateur Athletic Federation, Presidential history, US history, White House history, women's athletics in early 20th century
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Martha Washington: The White House Portrait
The huge portrait of Martha Washington that balances the famous Gilbert Stuart painting of her husband, was painted more than seventy five years after her death. White House Portraits Before photography had advanced sufficiently to achieve artistic popularity, a portrait … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American artist Eliphalet Andrews, American history, Daniel Huntington, Dolley Madison, Eliphalet Frazier Andrews, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Ladies portraits in the White House, First Lady Lou Hoover, First Lady Lucy Hayes, First Lady Martha Washington, George Washington, GIlbert Stuart, Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington, history, MArtha Washington, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Presidential portraits in the White House, Rutherford B. Hayes, the East Room of the White House, US history, White House history, Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Lou Henry Hoover: The Desk Story
In 1914 when World War I began in Europe, Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover were millionaires, living in a posh London townhouse. The Millionaire Part Neither of the Hoovers were born rich. Lou’s family were solidly middle class, but hardly … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover
Tagged American history, Americans stranded in London in 1914, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady Lou Hoover, Herbert Hoover, history, Hoover house in Palo Alto, Lou Henry Hoover, Lou Hoover, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, President Herbert Hoover, Presidential history, Presidential wives, White House history, World War I, World War I history
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