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First Lady

The Resume

    (March 29, 1874-January 7, 1944)
    First Lady of the United States (1929-1933)
    Married to President Hoover (1899-1944)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a tom boy.
    She liked examining rocks and minerals.
    She met her husband on a geology field trip.
    She was proposed to through a cable message.
    She held lavish social events at the White House while the rest of the country was suffering from the Great Depression.
    She and her husband ended a New Year's Day tradition of greeting the public when they went on vacation instead (1933).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was wealthy in her own right.
    She was active in the Girl Scouts movement.
    She restored furniture owned by James Madison with her own money.
    She had Abraham Lincoln's study restored for her husband.
    She and her husband translated Latin works to English.
    She loved her duties as the First Lady and was considered an excellent hostess.
    She and her husband paid for any social function out of their own pockets.
    She was active in many charity foundations.
    She was the first First Lady to give a speech on the radio.
    Some consider her to be the first activist First Lady.

Credit: Captain Howdy


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 36.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 32.26% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 97 Votes: 49.48% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 135 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 87 Votes: 48.28% Annoying