Lou Henry Hoover
This oil on canvas portrait of First Lady Lou Hoover was painted by Richard Marsden Brown. Highly educated, Mrs. Hoover graduated Stanford University with a degree in geology. She was at the time the only woman in Stanford's geology program. Mrs. Hoover was active with the Girl Scouts of America, serving as the national president from 1922-1925 and 1935-1937. Her husband was president from March 4, 1929 until March 4, 1933.
- Artist
- Richard Marsden Brown
- Date of Work
- 1950
- Medium
- oil paint
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- White House Collection/White House Historical Association