Ilo Wallace

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 USS Iowa.[1]

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Ilo Wallace
Second Lady of the United States
In role January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945
Vice President	Henry A. Wallace
Preceded by	Mariette Garner
Succeeded by	Bess Truman
Personal details
Born	Ilo Browne (1888-03-10)March 10, 1888 Indianola, Iowa, U.S.
Died	February 22, 1981(1981-02-22) (aged 92) South Salem, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Henry A. Wallace ​ ​ (m. 1914; died 1965)​
Children	Henry Browne Robert Jean
Education	Simpson College & Drake University

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]