Lady Bird Johnson—First Lady
Birth
Lady Bird Johnson—born Claudia Alta Taylor but known by her nickname—was “the other LBJ” who had the decorum of her predecessor, but was a markedly different woman to, say, Hillary Clinton, who took a very active role in her husband’s image and policies (and may wind up being President herself).
http://jackyan.vox.com/library/posts/tags/barbara+bush/
Lady Bird Johnson, born Claudia Alta Taylor, was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
http://magazine.audubon.org/century/champion.html
Death
Lady Bird Johnson, who died on July 11, 2007 at the age of 94, is the only First Lady whose lifespan approached Bess Truman's and the only other First Lady to live beyond 90 years.
http://bess_truman.totallyexplained.com
Education
Lady Bird Johnson received her nickname in infancy from a caretaker nurse who said she was as "pretty as a lady bird." When Lady Bird was 5, her mother died, and her aunt, Effie Patillo, came to care for her and two older brothers. She graduated from Marshall High School at age 15 and prepared for college at St. Mary's Episcopal School for Girls in Dallas.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/07/11/lady_bird_johnso...
Lady Bird Johnson attended the University of Texas and was once a UT System regent.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul14/0,4670,JohnsonFuneral,00.html
Fame
During his tenure as secretary, Johnson met Lady Bird Johnson (generally known as Lady Bird), a young woman from Karnack, Texas .
http://megas.xlr.en.dark-legion.org/en/Lyndon%20Johnson
Mamie Eisenhower raised funds for research on heart disease, after Ike’s heart attack, Lady Bird Johnson is well known for her landscape beautification projects, and Rosalynn Carter worked to bring emotional disorders “out of the closet”.
http://www.friendsofcathy.com/blog/
Work
Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson (dancing at daughters wedding 1967) MacNeil/Lehrer Productions 2001; Photo: Yoichi Okamoto Lady Bird Johnson (sitting in flower patch) MacNeil/Lehrer Productions 2001; Photo: Franke Wolfe
http://www.macneil-lehrer.com/press.html
The girlishly named Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas was established in 1982, and it continues to preserve rare and endangered plant species and conduct ecological research.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/13/opinion/main3055368.shtml
Earlier in the 1960s, Lady Bird Johnson, who was also the national chair of the Head Start program, was credited with trying to get a clause inserted into the Civil Rights Act ensuring equality for women.
http://www.hillaryclintonquarterly.com/evolution.htm
Evel Knievel, Norman Mailer, Lady Bird Johnson, Max Roach, Ingmar Bergman, Beverly Sills, Yolanda King, Robert Goulet, Phil Rizzuto and many others left us—but not before making a distinct impression
http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2006/people/4.html
And we hear Lady Bird Johnson's advice to her two young daughters prior to a State Dinner in honor of the President of Sudan: "Read all you can in the encyclopedia about the Sudan.
http://www.questia.com/library/history/united-states-history/18th-cent...
Into her 90s, Lady Bird Johnson made occasional public appearances at the library and at civic and political events, always getting a rousing reception.
http://obits.eons.com/national/feature/national_politics/19078
Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson outlived her husband, Lyndon, by more than 35 years, expanding on her White House efforts to carve her own legacy as an environmentalist.
http://www.zimbio.com/Gianfranco+Ferre
