Newsletter Button

News Service Button
Donate Button

1144 Active Guests







Get notified when
this page is changed.





It's Private!

Powered by
ChangeDetection

Get Acrobat Reader

4-H Promotion Compendium: Mrs. Hoover Addresses 4-H'ers by Radio


A National Compendium of 4-H Promotion and Visibility over the Past Century


Mrs. Hoover Addresses 4-H'ers by Radio

Perma-Link » http://4-HHistory.com/?ps=165

From National First Ladies' Library.

While previous first ladies are shown in short news clips, it is believed that Lou Hoover was the first president's wife to directly make radio addresses to the public. Records show she made anywhere between nine and 15 such addresses during the Hoover administration years of 1929-1933 - two of them directed to the 4-H Clubs. Her very first radio address was on April 19, 1929 to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and was very brief.

Mrs. Hoover's second radio address, which has captured the most attention in reports on Lou Hoover's radio speeches, was a June 22, 1929 speech to 4-H'ers from the Hoover's Virginia retreat, Camp Rapidan, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was during the National 4-H Camp on the Mall and was aired on the evening of June 22 during the first National 4-H Radio Party broadcast over the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). It is estimated that over 700,000 listened to the broadcast arranged by the Department of Agriculture.

What made this speech so noteworthy? As First Lady, Lou Hoover continued her life-long belief in the equality of women and men. In her remarks to the 4-H Club, Mrs. Hoover emphasized that housework was for men, too, and that boys should learn to clean the house and wash the dishes along with the girls, because they were "just as great factors in the home-making of the family as are the girls." During this speech she also asked the 4-H Clubs to be "of service in their communities" and at this point not "even her husband had spoken to a national audience at such length."

Mrs. Hoover's second radio address directed to 4-H'ers came on Saturday, November 7, 1931 as a part of the second National 4-H Achievement Program on the NBC Network. from 11:30-12:30 a.m. During her speech, Mrs. Hoover congratulated the 850,000 4-H Club members on their year's achievements.

Unfortunately, Lou Hoover's pioneering radio addresses were the extent of her use of the modern media. Following a traditional tact of First Ladies, she refused to grant any formal interviews to print or broadcast journalists during her tenure, though she would answer to impromptu questions that reporters might be able to pose to her.

4-H is fortunate to have been the key audience for Mrs. Hoover twice during this period and certainly added to 4-H's growing visibility and stature.






Compiled by National 4-H History Preservation Team.


Free counters!

free counters







Free Sitemap Generator


The feeling of replica handbags uk is noble and gucci replica , but hermes replica black replica hermes bag will not give this handbags replica. The black Hong Kong-flavored shoulder replica handbags is engraved with a delicate kitten pattern, giving a kind of Playful and cute feeling.