Collection White House Women
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
First Lady Lou Hoover, 1928.
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- Stock Montage, Harris and Ewing Collection
First Lady Lou Hoover, 1928.
First Lady Lou Hoover, 1928.
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