is not short for a female name. he raised her as a tomboy. one of her early pictures is with her father fishing at a stream. we have a picture of her carrying a rifle on top of it a burro. she had great joy in being outdoors. susan: how does that translate into her grown-up years? annette: she stayed fascinated with the outdoors her entire life. her decision to study geology at stanford university is an outgrowth of that. even as late as her night as her 60 s, we have material of her going on a camping trip at the age of 63. she slept on the ground and rode into camp on horseback. her other camp mates slept in tents. susan: from a public policy perspective, she also spent much of her years encouraging other young women to incorporate the outdoors and physical activity into their lives. , she wantedust her those benefits for other women. annette: there started to be some interest in women being more physically active. she took it to the next set. there were two areas where
and questions from c-span s audience. we tell the stories of america s 45 first ladies. now, lou hoover on first ladies influence an image very this is about 90 minutes. ? susan: lou and herbert hoover came to the white house as trained geologist. as experienced world travelers who were successful in the public and private sectors. months into his term, the market crashed. first lady lou hoover used her office for advocates of charity but as the depression deepened, their one term and it a midst great public frustration. good evening. tonight story is up lou henry hoover. 1929-1933 and what an interesting life she had. here to tell us about the life she led before the white house is a net dunlap. annette dunlap. she is working on a biography of lou henry hoover. what interested you in looking at this woman? annette: i got interested in her when talking with a friend of mine in canton, ohio. when i started looking at lou, i realized this woman story had not been fully told.
three hours. who s next? eventually san ramon to hayward. all of that s going to shift to the south. and hit san jose. it s been very slow to get down there to downtown but we think that s going to happen the next 20, 30 minutes or so. rainfall totals, unreal. our weather underground network showing since midnight anywhere from 2 to 5 inches across the north bay. sonoma 3.30. vallejo 2.98. pacific heights over two and a half inches, fremont over 3 inches, san jose over 2 inches as well. with that said we have a flash flood watch in effect. that s going to continue as we head throughout this evening. we ll talk more about this storm system when it finally clears out coming up throughout the show. hopefully you weren t caught up in the rain and outside but if you were, you weren t alone. plenty of people trying to get around surface streets. this was a common scene across the region, rising water. this was broadway and douglas in redwood city just a few blocks from hoover sch
county. a closer zoom on this, you ll see anywhere from the east bay over towards san mateo, half moon bay, that s where the heaviest of it is now. rates from a half inch to 1 inch per hour. thinking of traveling on 101, 280, think twice. this is coming down so fast, visibility likely getting cut down to a half mile and less. flooding concern right now in san mateo, palo alto, this is slowly moving off towards an jose. the rainfall has picked up. think it s heavy now, wait until 2 to 3 hours. it s going to get worse for you right down here across the santa clara valley. the rainfall totals, weather underground, rainfall network shows a phenomenal amount of rain. this is in 24 hours alone. that s why we ve dealt with flash flooding here. over 5 inches in hillsburg. lafayette, nearly 3 inches. oakland, over 4 inches and towards portions of the south bay, san jose area now getting close to 2.5 inches. so a flash flood watch will remain in effect through this evening. what you yo
was lou fascination of the importer to flour sacks? those sacks that you saw the red actually embroidered by the women of belgium and sold as a way to help them raise money after world war i to purchase food. host: next is a call from john in the california. caller: thank you for taking the call. my mother s family is from cranston and four died jay and waterloo in iowa in my mother was nicknamed teefourteteefourte en appear leave my mother family knew that they were involved of the republican and i was a party. a way i am dragging. thank you very much. [laughter] host: in that we have personal connections. we have that approach to these stories how do we respond? it is important to recognize first ladies always get a request for help whether to send money or to say the spouse is a post master reported they could word with the presidents of when she was asking for requests for how she had to determine how many were traditional and how many were legitimate? ag had a