Bio Lou Hoover
Lou Henry was born in Waterloo, Iowa, on March 29, 1874, to parents Charles and Florence Weed Henry.1 Lou and her family...
First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, 1928.
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First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, 1928.
First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, 1928.
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