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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1048

Hoover, Lou Henry. U.S. First Lady (1929-1933) and wife of President Herbert Hoover, scholar and linguist (proficient in Chinese, she is the only first lady to date to speak an Asian language); Lou Henry was the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts to the American public, often extoling the virtues of volunteerism and the Girl Scouts. Autograph Letter Signed "Lou Henry Hoover". One page on White House stationery (5 ¼ x 8 ¼"), Dec. 22, 1930. In the letter, Mrs. Hoover tells Canon Stokes that she enjoyed the service at the Cathedral, thanks him for the prayer-book and sends her best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Matted (in salmon pink) with color illustration of the First lady. Fine.

Estimate
$90 to $120