Lou Henry Hoover : Activist First Lady / Nancy Beck Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Nancy Beck.

Series:

Modern first ladies.

Modern First Ladies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.

Presidents' spouses.

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.

Hoover, Herbert.

Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944.

Hoover, Lou Henry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2004]

Summary:

"A detailed and thoughtful biography of Lou Henry Hoover's White House years from 1929 to 1933."--Annals of Iowa "Adds significantly to our understanding of the office of first lady, women's political activism, and the contested and changing views of womanhood in the early twentieth century. . . . [This book] importantly places Hoover back in her rightful place."--Journal of Illinois History "Young's work combines meticulous research with good analysis to create a vivid portrait of a sympathetic, interesting, and unfairly overlooked pioneer among the high-achieving women of our time."--The Weekly Standard "This illuminating work brings into focus one of the forgotten first ladies of the 20th century. . . . For those of us looking to the early years of the 20th century for the root causes of more immediate events, this is a book that helps us to understand the forces, issues, and people who lived and labored then."--Bloomsbury Review.

Contents:

From tomboy to First Lady

An activist First Lady and traditional Washington

From private philanthropy to relief politics

Girl scouting and the Depression

Lou Henry Hoover in public and private

Conservative politics after the White House.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780700613571

0700613579

OCLC:

966762274