Lady Bird Johnson

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  2/16/2022
  

  When Eartha Kitt Disrupted the Ladies Who Lunch

  In 1968, real life imitated "Batman" as the Catwoman actress broke the veneer of politeness at a luncheon hosted by Lady Bird Johnson to denounce the war against Vietnam. But while Catwoman always got away, Kitt's career was destroyed for a decade.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  4/19/2021
  

  What Do We Want in a First Lady?

  Books by historian Julia Sweig and journalist Karen Tumulty examine the stated and unstated expecations of the role of First Lady through the stories of Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/15/2021
  

  The Lost Story of Lady Bird

  by Julia E. Sweig

  "It is perhaps ironic that so many historians, intent as they are on the president, have missed her sway in the White House, because Lyndon himself was not shy in acknowledging Lady Bird’s crucial role in his administration."