Herbert Hoover

Quakers Launch Postwar Feeding Program at Herbert Hoover's Request

Although this feeding program was the first official effort by the United States to address the hunger and malnutrition that haunted Germany after World War I, Quakers had been aware of the problem for several years. This is the story about what led to their knowledge.

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