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For nearly a month beginning June 17, 1900, future President Herbert Hoover
and his wife Lou are caught in the middle of the Boxer Rebellion in China,
when the community of foreigners they lived in, in the city of Tianjin, is
besieged and under attack.
After marrying in Monterey, California, on February 10, 1899, Herbert and
Lou Hoover left on a honeymoon cruise to China, where Hoover was to
start a new job as a mining consultant to the Chinese emperor with the
consulting group Bewick, Moreing and Co. The couple had been married
less than a year when Chinese nationalists rebelled against colonial
control of their nation, besieging 800 westerners in the city of Tianjin
(previously known as Tientsin). Hoover led an enclave of westerners
in building barricades around their residential section of the city, while
Lou volunteered in the hospital. During the ensuing month-long siege,
their home and garden suffered direct hits from mortar fire. Mrs. Hoover
called it "the most exciting time of her life.\u201d
After an international coalition of troops rescued the Hoovers and
spirited them and other westerners out of China, Herbert Hoover was
made a partner at Bewick, Moreing and Co. He and Lou split their
time between residences in California and London and traveled the
world between 1901 and 1909. They then returned to the U.S. and,
after serving as secretary of commerce under Presidents Warren Harding
and Calvin Coolidge from 1921 to 1924, Hoover headed the American
Child Health Association and served as chairman of the Federal Street
and Highway Safety Commission. During World War I, Lou chaired the
American Women\u2019s War Relief Fund and worked on behalf of other
war-related charitable organizations. Both Hoovers, inspired by their
experience in China, were active in helping refugees and tourists
stranded in hostile countries.
In 1928, Hoover ran for president and won. Unfortunately, the couple\u2019s
charitable reputation was soon tarnished by Hoover\u2019s ineffective
leadership in staving off the Great Depression, and Lou\u2019s ostentatious
White House social functions, which appeared heartless, frivolous and
irresponsible at a time when many Americans could hardly make ends
meet. As the Depression deepened, a growing number of shanty towns
full of destitute unemployed workers sprang up in city centers; they became
known as Hoovervilles.
73 de Scott KF5JRV
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