Margaret Hoover
Margaret Claire Hoover (born December 11, 1977) is an American political commentator, political strategist, media personality, feminist, gay rights activist, author, and great-granddaughter of Herbert Hoover, the 31st U.S. President. She is the best-selling author of the book "American Individualism: How A New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party", published by Crown Forum in July 2011. Hoover is currently host of PBS's reboot of the conservative interview show "Firing Line".
Hoover was born in Colorado, the daughter of Jean (Williams), a flight attendant, and Andrew Hoover, a mining engineer.
Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh
Ó hÓgartaigh was born Margaret Whelan on July 10, 1967 in Killaloe, County Clare to James and Eileen Whelan. She attended St Anne's Secondary School in Killaloe and went on to study history and English at NUI Galway, where she was also awarded a first class honours MA in 1991 for her research on the historian Edward Hay. She went on to complete her doctoral thesis in University College Dublin in 1999, entitled “‘Far from Few’; Professional Women in Ireland, 1880-1930”.