A Woman of Adventure: The Life and Times of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover Dunlap Annette B.
A Woman of Adventure: The Life and Times of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover Dunlap Annette B. When Lou Henry married Herbert Hoover in February 1899, she looked forward to a partnership of equality and a…
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A Woman of Adventure: The Life and Times of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover Dunlap Annette B.
When Lou Henry married Herbert Hoover in February 1899, she looked forward to a partnership of equality and a life of adventure. The Quaker community of Whittier, California, where she lived as a teen, reinforced the egalitarian spirit of her upbringing. She could fire a rifle and sit a horse as well as any man.
World War I not only changed the map of the world, it changed the map of the Hoovers' marriage. But history had other ideas for Lou Henry Hoover.For the first fifteen years of married life, Lou globe-trotted with her husband as he pursued a lucrative career in mining engineering and consulting. Herbert Hoover's Commission for the Relief of Belgium launched him into a political career that led to the White House.
Lou, who detested the limelight, led a dual life: she supported her husband's political career, managed their multiple households, and saw to the needs of their