This week's scene of the president, vice president, a Harvard professor and Cambridge policeman meeting so civilly over beers might be an occasion to note how much history can change. Host Scott Simon ...

BOOKS ON THE HYPERKINETIC ELEANOR Roosevelt abound, outnumbering those about all but the most illustrious presidents, while her predecessor, Lou Henry Hoover, has so suffered by comparison that to ...

Future First Lady Lou Henry was born in Waterloo in 1874 and spent her first 10 years there and Shell Rock. In 1884, her parents, Florence Ida Weed Henry and Charles Delano Henry, moved the family to ...

Photo courtesy of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum This year marks what would’ve been the 150th birthdays of both President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou, and a special exhibit ...

Former First Lady Lou Hoovers home movies may be the earliest color home movies ever taken at the White House The reels provide glimpses into the Florida fishing trip taken by Herbert and Lou Hoover ...

Key West City Commissioner Mary Lou Hoover died after an undisclosed illness, the Southernmost City said Wednesday. Hoover, 72, died “following a courageous health battle,” said city spokeswoman ...