ji and engineering. met, fell in love with lou henry, also from iowa. a unique woman in many ways. the first at stan frd to earn a gee ol ji degree, so they had this really special partnership from the beginning. they were intellectual equals. the best evidence of that is they were married in 1899. and the government of china had invited him to help develop that country's minds and they were, they went. they stayed on their honeymoon and went to kim sin, where they were caught up in the uprising of native forces against the westerners, who for too long, had exploited a very weak china. in the wonderful letters, lou, who, she was the perfect wife. because she loved adventure. she writes letters home saying you're missing one of the great sieges of the age. she also said hater later on, s up every morning, swept the bullets off her front porch. they had two sons. you can see it at the library. lou designed a cradle exclusively for use on board ocean liners. by the time herbert jr. was 8 years old, he had been around the world five times, which tells you what happened was hoover, who b