JOHNSON, LADY BIRD

1912–, b. Karnack, Tex., originally named Claudia Alta Taylor. She married (1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an active role in his political career. As first lady (1963–69) she sponsored environmental causes and national beautification projects. A successful businesswoman, she bought (1943) a debt-ridden radio station in Austin, Tex., and built it into a multimillion dollar broadcasting company. She also owns and manages extensive ranching lands in Texas. She is the author of A White House Diary (1970).

See biographies by M. D. Smith (1964) and G. L. Hall (1967); L. I. Gould, Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment (1988).

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books on: Johnson Lady Bird  - 448 results

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Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1998
Subjects: African American women authors--Biography--History and criticism, Angelou, Maya--I know why the caged bird sings, Autobiography, Women entertainers--Biography--History and criticism
...I kept my face blank an old art and wrote quickly the fable of Marguerite Johnson, aged nineteen, former companion and driver for Mrs. Annie Henderson a White Lady in Stamps, Arkansas" IK 229 . She does get the job and acquires new status...
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Lyndon Johnson: The Tragic Self : a Psychohistorical Portrait
Book by Hyman L. Muslin, Thomas H. Jobe; Insight Books, 1991
Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B--(Lyndon Baines)--1908-1973--Psychology, Presidents--United States--Biography
...presidency of, 145 , 193 -194 Vietnam war and. See Vietnam war wealth of, 69 , 136 wife of. See Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Paul, 62 , 77 , 78 Johnson, Rebekah Baines mother , 33-34, 55 , 67 , 93 -98, 112 , 119-121, 133 , 147 conflicts...
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Book by Debbie Levy; Lerner, 2003
Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B--(Lyndon Baines)--1908-1973--Juvenile Literature, Presidents--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature
...57, 58, 84, 95 Jim Crow laws, 56-57 Johnson, Josefa (sister), 16 6 Johnson, Lady Bird (Claudia Alta Taylor) (wife), 35-37...72-73, 75-76, 80, 85, 92, 95, 9G Johnson, Lucia (sister), 16 Johnson, Lucy (I...
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The Politician: The Life and Times of Lyndon Johnson : The Drive for Power, from the Frontier to Master of the Senate
Book by Ronnie Dugger; W. W. Norton, 1982
Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B--(Lyndon Baines)--1908-1973, Presidents--United States--Biography, Texas--Politics And Government--1865-1950, United States--Politics And Government--1933-1945, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1989
...433 n Johnson, James Polk, 45 , 412 n Johnson, Jesse great-grandfather , 47 Johnson, Josefa sister , 69 , 73 Johnson, Kitty aunt , 88 Johnson, Lady Bird wife , 59 , 137 , 203 , 250 , 346, 415 n , 418 n , 425 n , 436 n Browns and, 248...
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Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Uses of Power
Book by Bernard J. Firestone, Robert C. Vogt; Greenwood Press, 1988
Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B--(Lyndon Baines)--1908-1973, United States--Politics And Government--1963-1969
...Thomas, 8 , 84 , 355 Jencks, Christopher, 80 - 81 Job Corps, 95 , 97 Johnson, Eliza Bunton, 131 Johnson, Lady Bird, 142 , 177 , 263 , 319 , 358 - 359 Johnson, Lyndon Baines: address final to Congress, 16 January 1969, 51 ; address...
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journal articles on: Johnson Lady Bird  - 275 results

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Lady Bird Johnson: Our Environmental First Lady
Journal article by June Sochen; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 67, 2001
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Lady Bird Johnson: Our Environmental First Lady (Book)
Lady Bird Johnson: Our Environmental...Lady Bird Johnson: Our Environmental First Lady. By Lewis...Modern First Ladies. (Lawrence...and Lady Bird found it...issue First Ladies or universalists...Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson took a large...
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Seeing the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency through the March 31, 1968, Withdrawal Speech
Journal article by Patrick E. Jamieson; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1999
Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B.--Political activity, Presidents--History, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Political aspects
...to deliver it.(17) Johnson writes that he resigned...writes that his wife, Lady Bird, suggested in a memorandum...p. 515. (17.) Lady Bird Johnson, A White House Diary...18.) Lyndon B. Johnson, The Vantage Point...
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Drafting Lyndon Johnson: The President's Secret Role in the 1968 Democratic Convention
Journal article by Justin A. Nelson; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 30, 2000
Subjects: Democratic Party--History, Johnson, Lyndon B.--Political activity, Political conventions--History, Political parties--History
...three networks simultaneously. Lady Bird Johnson and their two daughters Lynda and Luci followed. Johnson could finally relax; he no longer...minutes after his speech ended, Johnson left his little office and walked...
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First Ladies and the Press: The Unfinished Partnership for the Media Age
Journal article by Nichola D. Gutgold; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, First Ladies and the Press: The Unfinished Partnership for the Media Age (Book)--Book reviews
...Exquisitely written, First Ladies and the Press begins with Eleanor...and private spheres that first ladies have had to carefully manage...construction of Camelot. First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson and Par Nixon as noncontroversial...
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Power Dark, Power Bright: Robert A. Caro, Robert Moses, and Lyndon B. Johnson
Journal article by Michael Nelson; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 79, 2003
Subjects: Biographies, Caro, Robert A, Johnson, Lyndon Baines (1908-73), Literary criticism, Moses, Robert, Nonfiction, Personal profiles, Politicians, Presidents, Writers
...Broder, Robert Dallek (a rival Johnson biographer), and Sidney Blumenthal...out that in his zeal to portray Johnson as a cruel husband, Caro indicts him first for not letting Lady Bird Johnson fly from Washington to Texas and...
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Two Tenacious Texans - Travelers in the Texas Hill Country and on America's Byways Can Thank the Work of Lady Bird Johnson and Her Neighbor John Thomas for Neck-Craning Floral Adventures
Magazine article by Linda Owen; World and I, Vol. 16, July 2001
Subjects: Clean Air Act, Environmental activists--Practice, Environmentalists--Practice, Fredericksburg, Texas--Environmental aspects, Highway Beautification Act of 1965, Johnson, Lady Bird--Environmental policy, National Wildflower Research Center--Management, Thomas, John--Practice, Wild flower gardening--Texas
...Byways Can Thank the Work of Lady Bird Johnson and Her Neighbor John Thomas...of Thomas regular visitors is Lady Bird Johnson, whose ranch is only fifteen...0078 www.wildseedfarms.com Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (512) 292...
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Trailblazers: Lady Bird Flys High
Magazine article by Ruthe Jackson; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 40, November 2005
Subjects: Activism, Jackson, Ruthe, Mayors, Parks & recreation areas, Personal profiles
Trailblazers: Lady Bird Flys High by Ruthe Jackson Name: Ruthe Jackson Title: Mayor Pro...dedication to the parks system in Grand Prairie has garnered her the "Lady Bird Johnson" Award in 1977, of which she was the first woman in Texas to receive...
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Meeting the Challenges of a Century: Ten Defining Moments in the History of the American First Lady, 1900-2000
Magazine article by Myra G. Gutin; National Forum, Vol. 80, Winter 2000
Subjects: First ladies, History
...critics felt that the first lady had no right to witness...presumption that first ladies influenced presidents...ed., American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their...influence of the first lady. 5. Lady Bird Johnson and the Whistlestop Campaign...
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The Assassination Tapes: Lyndon Johnson Secretly Recorded Many of His Telephone Conversations as President. the Tapes Provide Our Only Window into His Thoughts after Hearing What Was Then a Rumor about CIA Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro-Information That Shaped Johnson's Views of Both JFK's Assassination and His Own Presidency. Herewith Excerpts from His 1967 Calls
Magazine article by Max Holland; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 293, June 2004
Subjects: Castro, Fidel--Investigations, Clark, Ramsey--Records and correspondence, Garrison, Jim--Investigations, Johnson, Lyndon B.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Johnson, Lyndon B.--Records and correspondence, Kennedy, John F.--Crimes against, Oswald, Lee Harvey--Investigations, Pearson, Drew--Authorship, United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Investigations, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Investigations
...mentioned anything about it. JOHNSON: Well, he came to see...like your tellin me that Lady Bird was taking dope. I just...nightmare quality," Lady Bird Johnson wrote in her diary...handwritten notes) that Johnson toyed with the idea of...
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Is Boris Faking It? the Makeover of a Candidate: A New, Serious Boris Johnson Is Now Being Offered to the Voters of London-Thanks to the Heavy Stage-Direction of Tory Party Minders
Magazine article by Brian Cathcart; New Statesman, Vol. 137, March 31, 2008
Subjects: Boris, Johnson--Political activity, London, England--Elections, Mayors--Elections, Politicians--Political activity
...looking closely at Johnson. And even if they start, Johnson is proof against a...bonking another posh bird, London voters would...Billingtons sister Lady Antonia Fraser from...leader David Cameron. Johnson Johnson Boris almost...
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Lady Bird Johnson
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 14, 2007
Lady Bird Johnson. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Lady Bird Johnson never captured the nations fancy the way her predecessor...indispensable influence on her outspoken husband, Lyndon Baines Johnson. "Beautification" topped Mrs. Johnsons agenda...
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OBITUARY: Lady Bird Johnson
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 16, 2007
OBITUARY: Lady Bird Johnson. HER husband called...stopped. But Lady Bird Johnson was as sharp as a needle...thought when Lyndon B Johnson became president of the...as "purdy as a lady bird" and it stuck. Taylor...old Confederacy. Lady Birds mother died when she...
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Lady Bird's Flowering; Work Blooms in District, across U.S.And in Movie
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 21, 2008
Lady Birds Flowering; Work Blooms...priority: the late Lady Bird Johnson. Ms. Guggenheim learned...A Life: The Story of Lady Bird Johnson" screens for free tonight...The Story of Lady Bird Johnson" follows the former first...
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Protecting America, the Beautiful; Lady Bird's Works Flower Today
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 14, 2007
...America, the Beautiful; Lady Birds Works Flower Today...a child, I met Lady Bird Johnson - who died this week...her husband, President Johnson, during his state of...preservation. Mrs. Johnson provided the foreword...
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Johnson, Ex-First Lady, Dies at 94; Remembered for Devotion to Environment
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 12, 2007
Johnson, Ex-First Lady, Dies...Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the nations 36th...politically savvy first ladies, died yesterday of natural...Elizabeth Christian said Mrs. Johnson died at about 5:18 p...
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encyclopedia articles on: Johnson Lady Bird  - 2 results

 
 
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Johnson, Lady Bird
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JOHNSON, LADY BIRD 1912 , b. Karnack, Tex., as Claudia...Taylor. She married (1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an active role in his political...founded (1982) what is now the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Tex. A...
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Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...married Claudia Alta Taylor (see Lady Bird Johnson ), and they had two daughters...Baines. A staunch New Dealer, Johnson gained the friendship of the influential...House and the Senate In 1937, Johnson won election to a vacant congressional...


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