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Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson (née Taylor; December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of then president Lyndon B. Johnson. She served as the second lady from 1961 to 1963 when her husband was vice president.
A Legacy of Scenic Beauty. Born Claudia Alta Taylor on December 22, 1912 near Karnack, Texas, Lady Bird Johnson was a hero to Scenic America and the entire scenic conservation movement. Through her advocacy, she was instrumental in promoting the Highway Beautification Act (HBA), which first inspired, and continues to inspire Scenic America’s work.
Downtown centers and neighborhoods were becoming empty and blighted. Inner city waterways and urban cores were heavily polluted. Beautification, as conceived by Lady Bird Johnson, was concerned with matters of environmental improvement and condition enhancements.
Jul 7, 2024 · Lady Bird Johnson (born December 22, 1912, Karnack, Texas, U.S.—died July 11, 2007, Austin, Texas) was an American first lady (1963–69), the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States, and an environmentalist noted for her emphasis on beautification.
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Lady Bird Johnson stood by her husband on the fateful November day in 1963 on which Lyndon Johnson became the 36th President of the United States after the assassination of John Kennedy. Her official White House biography notes that her gracious personality and Texas hospitality did much to heal the pain of those dark days.
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In the late 1930s, LBJ gave Lady Bird Johnson a movie camera, the perfect gift for a woman with college degrees in journalism and history. Lady Bird documented the Johnson family and their political life throughout the years, providing an intimate first-person perspective on history.
Mar 15, 2021 · Doris Kearns Goodwin: The divided legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson. The most significant thing about the memo, though, was its author. I came across the document in a folder at the LBJ Library...
