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Lou Henry Hoover and Mamie Eisenhower Pioneer First Ladies
Iowa natives Lou Henry Hoover and Mamie Doud Eisenhower became first ladies of the United States. Hoover born March 29 1874 in Waterloo and Eisenhower born November 14 1896 in Boone. Hoover studied geology at Stanford graduating in 1898 and joined Herbert Hoover's missionary life and travels, including time in China during the Boxer Rebellion where she aided the wounded.
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