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Lou Henry Hoover

1874 - 1944

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Lou Henry Hoover (March 29, 1874 – January 7, 1944) was an American philanthropist, geologist, and the first lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of President Herbert Hoover. She was active in community organizations and volunteer groups throughout her life, including the Girl Scouts of the USA, which she led from 1922 to 1925 and from 1935 to 1937. Throughout her life, Hoover supported women's rights and women's independence. She was a polyglot, fluent in Mandarin and well-versed in Latin, and was the primary translator from Latin to English of the complex 16th-century metallurgy text De re metallica. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lou Henry Hoover is the 1,350th most popular politician (up from 10,133rd in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,544th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Lou Henry Hoover ranks 1,350 out of 19,576. Before her are Valdemar II of Denmark, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Klement Gottwald, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Robert I of France, and Qin Er Shi. After her are Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Paul Barras, Afonso V of Portugal, Romanos I Lekapenos, Calpurnia, and Tabaré Vázquez.

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Among people born in 1874, Lou Henry Hoover ranks 17. Before her are Ernst Cassirer, Sunjong of Korea, Chaim Weizmann, Edward Thorndike, Carl Bosch, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.. After her are Lucy Maud Montgomery, António Egas Moniz, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Shackleton, August Krogh, and Nikolai Berdyaev. Among people deceased in 1944, Lou Henry Hoover ranks 17. Before her are Abdulmejid II, Günther von Kluge, Richard Sorge, Hilma af Klint, Reza Shah, and Bertha Benz. After her are Alexis Carrel, Ludwig Beck, Thomas Midgley Jr., Galeazzo Ciano, Erwin von Witzleben, and Manuel L. Quezon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lou Henry Hoover ranks 446 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Nina Simone (1933), Rachel Carson (1907), and Philip Kotler (1931). After her are Edward Hopper (1882), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Nancy Reagan (1921), Margaret Mitchell (1900), Bill Nelson (1942), and Eli Wallach (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Lou Henry Hoover ranks 66. Before her are Warren G. Harding (1865), Franklin Pierce (1804), Sarah Palin (1964), William Henry Harrison (1773), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), and Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882). After her are Bill Nelson (1942), Millard Fillmore (1800), Edith Wilson (1872), Jefferson Davis (1808), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), and John Tyler (1790).

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