A letter written by Lou Hoover, not long before her death in 1944, to her husband and sons, revealed her view of her life. The woman who started out camping and fishing like a boy, and then proceeded to earn a geology degree equal to her husband's, ended up describing her life as entirely peripheral to him and their sons: "I have been lucky to have my trail move alongside that of such exceptional men and boys."
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