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4th September 2012

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People Who Studied Abroad #418:Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States

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United States

Studied:
She learned to speak and write Chinese by studying with a private tutor while living in Tianjin, China (she is still the only U.S. First Lady to have studied an Asian language).  While the family was living in England, she took courses at the London School of Mines.

[See also: Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis]

People Who Studied Abroad #418:
Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States

From:
United States

Studied:
She learned to speak and write Chinese by studying with a private tutor while living in Tianjin, China (she is still the only U.S. First Lady to have studied an Asian language). While the family was living in England, she took courses at the London School of Mines.

[See also: Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis]

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Source: jstor.org

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