 |
EncyclopediaJohnson, Lady BirdJohnson, Lady Bird, 1912–, b. Karnack, Tex., as 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 and later co-founded (1982) what is now the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Tex. 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 owned and managed extensive ranching lands in Texas. She was 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). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Lady Bird Johnson from Infoplease:
- December 22 Birthdays: Lady Bird Johnson - December 22 birthdays: Lady Bird Johnson, Jordin Sparks, Ralph Fiennes, Connie Mack, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Giacomo Puccini, Diane Sawyer, James Oglethorpe
- Lady Bird Johnson - Biography of Lady Bird Johnson, Wife of President Lyndon Johnson
- Wives and Children of the Presidents - Wives and Children of the Presidents This table displays data about the spouses of U.S. Presidents, ...
- Lyndon Baines Johnson: Early Life - Early Life Born into a farm family, he graduated (1930) from Southwest Texas State Teachers College ...
- Georgia O'Keeffe - Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist who painted flowers and cow skulls
|
|
