Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in 1912. A nurse called her "Lady Bird," a nickname she hated, but it stuck, reports CBS News' Harry Smith.. The daughter of a Texas businessman, Johnson grew ...

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 ...

Drawn from over 123 hours of the former first lady’s mostly unheard daily audio diaries, the podcast presents a surprising and original portrait of Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson, told in ...

Nearly 14 years after her death, Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor Johnson’s legacy, to most who know anything about her at all, has been boiled down to wildflowers alongside Texas highways.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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.

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 ...

CTJ, the initials she used for her full name, Claudia Taylor Johnson, ... Lady Bird’s true role in setting the arc of the LBJ presidency has not been forgotten for lack of documentary evidence.