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The current online ticket system for Discovery Passes is ending on December 31st, 2024. We are working on implementing a new system currently, but it will not be ready for use for a few weeks. Passes will not be available to reserve for dates past December 31 until our new system is in place. Please contact 712-323-7553, option 2, or email circ@councilbluffslibrary.org with any questions. 

The Library will be closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25

The Library will be closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 in observance of Christmas.

Iowa History Book Club

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

A Woman of Adventure: The Life and Times of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover by Annette Dunlap
Hosted by Andrew Klumpp and Annette Dunlap

When Iowa-native Lou Henry married Herbert Hoover in February 1899, she looked forward to a partnership of equality and a life of adventure. For the first fifteen years of married life, Lou globe-trotted with her husband as he pursued a lucrative career in mining engineering and consulting. World War I not only changed the map of the world, it changed the map of the Hoovers’ marriage. Herbert Hoover’s Commission for the Relief of Belgium launched him into a political career that led to the White House. However, Lou Henry Hoover’s powerful legacy endures in the ongoing success of the Girl Scouts, the music and physical therapy degree programs at Stanford University, athletic opportunities for women, and the countless unknown men and women who received an education thanks to Lou’s anonymous financial support.

Check catalog for availability. Join us here at the library or pre-register here to receive a link to join the discussion from home