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IN 2007, FORMER FIRST LADY CLAUDIA “LADY BIRD” JOHNSON PASSED AWAY AT 94 YEARS OLD. BORN AS CLAUDIA ALTA TAYLOR IN KARNACK, TEXAS, SHE WAS JUST A TODDLER WHEN A FAMILY ...
Lady Bird Johnson, born Claudia Alta Taylor, is one of our most highly regarded first ladies in all of American history. She’s known for her unique nickname, which was given to her as a child by ...
Outside of her impacts as first lady, Lady Bird was also known to be a great cook. She enjoyed collecting family recipes, which often leaned into the Johnsons’ Texas roots. The Johnson family's ...
Lady Bird Johnson embodied contradiction, cloaking her gravitas in Southern charm. Even her name made that clear. From infancy onward, Claudia Alta Taylor (born in 1912) was known to everyone as ...
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In 1965, First Lady Claudia Johnson, better known as Lady Bird Johnson, sponsored the Highway Beautification Act. Among the many things the bill did for the environment, it ...
Named for its co-founder Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson (wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the place to visit if you're a flower enthusiast.
Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, ... She was born Claudia Alta Taylor on Dec. 22, 1912 ...
Mention Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson to almost anyone except a presidential historian and you will likely be met with a blank stare. But use her lifelong nickname, “Lady Bird,” and it evokes ...
The 123 hours of audiotapes that Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson recorded during her husband’s wholly unexpected tenure in the White House capture five of the most fraught and productive years ...
Following her death in 2007, the extensive audio diaries of former First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson became available to the public. Now, a new documentary on Hulu by Dawn Porter features ...