Response from First Lady Lou Henry Hoover's Secretary to Martha Fast, January 7, 1931

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Courtesy of Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, "Response from Herbert Hoover's Secretary to Martha Fast," 7 January 1931

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This document is the response letter from First Lady Lou Henry Hoover’s secretary to Martha Fast. Fast, a young girl in California, wrote a letter to Hoover a few days earlier asking for clothes.

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Source-Dependent Questions

• Why would children write letters to First Lady Lou Henry Hoover?
• What suggestions did Hoover’s secretary offer Martha Fast?
• Look at the original letter written to Lou Henry Hoover. How would you feel if this was the reply to your letter?

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"Response from Herbert Hoover's Secretary to Martha Fast," 7 January 1931. Courtesy of Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum