Lou Hoover The 43rd (offical 33rd) First Lady of USA 
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43rd (offical 33rd) ( Mar 04, 1929 - Mar 04, 1933 )
Wife of the 31stPresident Herbert Hoover
Terms:
1
Age at start:
54 years 11 months 7 days
Age:
69 years 9 months 10 days
Height: 5'8", 173 cm
Born: Mar 29, 1874
Birth place: Waterloo, Iowa
Died on:
January 7, 1944
Signature:
Party:
Republican
Occupation:
Politician
Education:
University of California, Los Angeles; San Jos? State University (DipEd); Stanford University (BA)
Firsts:
Lou Hoover (March 29, 1874 - January 7, 1944) was the wife of President Herbert Hoover and served as the First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
Marrying her geologist and mining engineer husband in 1899, she traveled widely with him, including to Shanghai, China, and became a cultivated scholar and linguist. She made extensive study of languages including Latin, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, German, Italian and French. She oversaw construction of the presidential retreat at Rapidan Camp in Madison County, Virginia. She was the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts.
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