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On the recordApril 21, 1930
There are few men of the West of my generation who did not know the pioneer woman in his own mother, and who does not rejoice to know that her part in building that great civilization is to have such beautiful recognition.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Remarks on the Unveiling of the Statue of the Pioneer Woman

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