Lou Henry Hoover Quotes & Sayings

“I was a Scout years ago, before the movement started, when my father took me fishing, camping and hunting. Then I was sorry that more girls could not have what I had. When I learned of the movement, I thought, here is what I always wanted other girls to have.”

“The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling.”

“I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since.”

“The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity.”