This photograph of future First Lady Lou Henry Hoover on a burro in California in 1891 is just one of the many reasons she is featured as today’s History Crush. Lou Henry Hoover was a scientist, polyglot, author, Girl Scout supporter, and world traveler. She mixed smarts, practicality, and adventure. Apparently Herbert Hoover was charmed “by her whimsical mind, her blue eyes and a broad grinnish smile.” Read the full blog post to find out why this Girl Scout supporter is the featured History Crush at the Pieces of History blog. [Image: Lou Henry posing on a burro at Acton, California, 8/22/1891 (Hoover Presidential Library)]
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This photograph of future First Lady Lou Henry Hoover on a burro in California in 1891 is just one of the many reasons she is featured as today’s History Crush.

Lou Henry Hoover was a scientist, polyglot, author, Girl Scout supporter, and world traveler. She mixed smarts, practicality, and adventure. Apparently Herbert Hoover was charmed “by her whimsical mind, her blue eyes and a broad grinnish smile.”

Read the full blog post to find out why this Girl Scout supporter is the featured History Crush at the Pieces of History blog.

[Image: Lou Henry posing on a burro at Acton, California, 8/22/1891 (Hoover Presidential Library)]

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    My council has a camp named after her :)
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