Object Details
- Artist
- Edward Jean Steichen, 27 Mar 1879 - 25 Mar 1973
- Sitter
- Lou Henry Hoover, 29 Mar 1874 - 7 Jan 1944
- Exhibition Label
- A wealthy and exceptionally well-educated woman, Lou Henry Hoover’s privilege sometimes blinded her to the challenges that working presented for lower class women or those who maintained homes and raised children without domestic help. This disconnect alienated Hoover from much of the nation when the Stock Market Crash of 1929 brought on the Great Depression. Thus, many of her solutions, including women’s volunteerism and communal support, went over poorly, although they were similar to those later championed by Hoover’s equally wealthy yet vastly more empathetic successor, Eleanor Roosevelt.
- This photographic portrait of Hoover by Edward Steichen was published in Vogue magazine. Taken in 1928, shortly before she moved into the White House, it marked the first time that this premiere fashion magazine featured a first lady in its pages.
- Adinerada y sumamente instruida, Lou Henry Hoover a veces no entendía los retos que enfrentaban las mujeres trabajadoras de clase más pobre o las que manejaban el hogar y criaban hijos sin ayuda doméstica. Esto la enajenó del gran parte del pueblo cuando el mercado de valores se derrumbó en
- 1929, dando inicio a la Gran Depresión. Por lo tanto, muchas de las soluciones que propuso, como el voluntariado femenino y el apoyo comunitario, no fueron bien recibidas, aunque eran similares a las que luego promovió su sucesora Eleanor Roosevelt, igual de adinerada que ella pero muchísimo más empática.
- Esta fotografía de Edward Steichen se publicó en la revista Vogue. Tomada en 1928, poco antes de que Hoover llegara a la Casa Blanca, fue la primera foto de una primera dama que figuró en esta importante revista de modas.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Edward Steichen
- September 1928
- Object number
- S/NPG.82.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Conde Nast
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.7 × 19.7 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4")
- Sheet: 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8")
- Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry\Necklace
- Interior
- Lou Henry Hoover: Female
- Lou Henry Hoover: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_S_NPG.82.14
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b66b68d6-0774-44fa-ac89-e2ce84a0ffbc
