Ilo Wallace Explained

Ilo Wallace
Office:Second Lady of the United States
Vicepresident:Henry A. Wallace
Term Start:January 20, 1941
Term End:January 20, 1945
Term Label:In role
Predecessor:Mariette Garner
Successor:Bess Truman
Birth Name:Ilo Browne
Birth Date:10 March 1888
Birth Place:Indianola, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:South Salem, New York, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Children:3

Ilo Wallace (née Browne; March 10, 1888  - February 22, 1981) was the wife of Henry A. Wallace, the 33rd vice president of the United States. She was the second lady of the United States from 1941 until 1945. She was the sponsor of the battleship .[1]

Born in Indianola, Iowa, she was the daughter of James Lytle Browne and his wife, the former Harriet Lindsay.

She attended Simpson College before transferring to study voice at Drake University.[1]

She married Henry Agard Wallace in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 20, 1914.[2] They had three children: Henry Browne Wallace (1915–2005), Robert Browne Wallace (1918–2002), and Jean Browne Wallace (1920–2011).[1] Her husband later became the editor-in-chief of Wallace's Farmer, an influential Midwestern farming magazine that had been founded by his father, Henry Cantwell Wallace, who was the United States secretary of agriculture from 1921 to 1924.

A small inheritance she received from her parents enabled the Wallaces and their business partners to establish, in 1926, the Hi-Bred Corn Company,[3] [4] which developed and distributed hybrid corn and eventually transformed agriculture.

On February 22, 1981, she died at the Wallace estate, Farvue Farm,[5] in South Salem, New York. Her funeral was private at her family's request.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Saxon . Wolfgang . Ilo Browne Wallace, 92, Widow of a Vice President to Roosevelt . 17 February 2021 . The New York Times . B6 (National Edition) . February 25, 1981.
  2. Web site: Ilo Browne Wallace; Ilo Browne Wallace – The Wallace Centers of Iowa . The Wallace Centers of Iowa . 17 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Ilo Browne Wallace; The Wallace Centers of Iowa . The Wallace Centers of Iowa . 17 February 2021.
  4. Web site: A Brief Summary of Pioneer History on the 90th Year of Its Foundation . 17 February 2021 . U.S.–Ukraine Business Council.
  5. Wallace . Kevin . Where Are they Now? Henry Agard Wallace . 17 February 2021 . The New Yorker. 60 . August 13, 1960.