Letter from Juliette Low to Lou Henry Hoover, December 6, 1917 (pages 1 and 4 of 4 shown)

“A thrill of joy”

In one of the earliest communications between Girl Scouts founder, Juliette Gordon Low, and Lou Henry Hoover, Low thanked Hoover for agreeing to join the Girl Scouts. Hoover became the Acting Commissioner of the Washington, DC, Girl Scout Council at about that time. 

National Archives, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

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)]