. >> our thanks to emily and to annette dunlap for being our guest on the story of lou henry hoover. and our thanks to the white house historical association for their help throughout the series. >> next week watch more programs from our first ladies series including highlights from season two midweek. each night at 9:00 eastern here on c-span. in just a few weeks our series returns live with programs on the five most recent first ladies beginning with nancy reagan monday night starting anuary 13. >> we're offing a book on first ladies for $12:95. and our website has more about the first ladies including a special section welcome to the white house produced by our partner the white house historical association about life in the executive mansion during the tenure of each of the first ladies. find out more at cspan.org/firstladies. >> tonight on c-span a discussion on gender, race and the growing incarceration rate among women. after that a congressional gold medal ceremony honoring american tribes on their military service. and later a discussion about faith in the white house. >> i

here to tell us about her years before the white house is annette dunlap. she is a scholar at the hoover institution and working on a biography of lou henry hoover. what inspired you to spend several years of your life looking at this woman? >> i was at the national first ladies library in canton, ohio. i realized that this was a story that has not been told. there are so many layers to her. some activities that she was involved in. the legacy that she left for women is something that i want people to know about. >> she was born in waterloo, iowa. the story i heard is that her father wanted a boy. >> so they say. the name lou is not short for anything. she was raised as a tomboy. one of the earliest pictures of her is her fishing in a stream. we have a picture of her carrying a rifle. a lot of her diary talks about her joy of being able to hunt, fish, and be outdoors. >> how did that translate into her grown-up life? >> she was somebody who was totally fascinated with the outdoors. obviously, she studied geology at stanford university. even as late as her 6