Lady Bird Claudia Taylor-Johnson: Her Legacy
Lady Bird Johnson, born Claudia Taylor, was age 94 upon her death last week. She was the wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. She was the mother to Lynda Bird and Luci Baines and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Johnson was a daughter of the "Old South", but she worked toward creating a "New south" and a new nation.
During the presidential campaign of 1964 Mrs. Johnson made it clear she supported her husband's recent signing of the Civil Rights Act. She explained the new legislation would be of benefit to every citizen, black and white. She promoted the idea the new law would improve the economy of the south and clear away the infamy of the culture of historic partiality.
She was the first professional First Lady. Johnson graduated high school at age 15. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas. While Lyndon Johnson who had joined the Navy in Wolrd War II and went off to war after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lady Bird managed his congressional office.
She contributed to the family's income by using some of her inheritance to buy KTBC, a radio station in Austin. She later bought a TV station despite her husband's objections. The family continued to purchase stations, and the LBJ Holding Co. was in the broadcast business until 2003.
Johnson involved herself in numerous social programs, public policy and privately funded programs to benefit Americans of all colors and classes.
Johnson was a Southern belle in her demeanor who was actually an advocate of feminist issues in her own way. A media-conglomerate CEO Lady Bird was at ease giving her reasons for supporting the Equal Rights Amendment.
She worked diligently to advance women's equal access to education and professional standing. Lady Bird sponsored and hosted luncheons, women experts were invited to speak on modern social issues. FEatured lecturers included Dr. Mary Bunting, the first woman on the Atomic Energy Commission, to Judge Marjorie Lawson of the D.C. Juvenile Court. By making the role of First Lady more visible, to a level comparable to the professional woman, she trusted the instincts of her intelligent friend Liz Carpenter, a working journalist who eventually became the first-ever staff director to a First Lady, and press secretary.
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Johnson was a daughter of the "Old South", but she worked toward creating a "New south" and a new nation.
During the presidential campaign of 1964 Mrs. Johnson made it clear she supported her husband's recent signing of the Civil Rights Act. She explained the new legislation would be of benefit to every citizen, black and white. She promoted the idea the new law would improve the economy of the south and clear away the infamy of the culture of historic partiality.
She was the first professional First Lady. Johnson graduated high school at age 15. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas. While Lyndon Johnson who had joined the Navy in Wolrd War II and went off to war after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lady Bird managed his congressional office.
She contributed to the family's income by using some of her inheritance to buy KTBC, a radio station in Austin. She later bought a TV station despite her husband's objections. The family continued to purchase stations, and the LBJ Holding Co. was in the broadcast business until 2003.
Johnson involved herself in numerous social programs, public policy and privately funded programs to benefit Americans of all colors and classes.
Johnson was a Southern belle in her demeanor who was actually an advocate of feminist issues in her own way. A media-conglomerate CEO Lady Bird was at ease giving her reasons for supporting the Equal Rights Amendment.
She worked diligently to advance women's equal access to education and professional standing. Lady Bird sponsored and hosted luncheons, women experts were invited to speak on modern social issues. FEatured lecturers included Dr. Mary Bunting, the first woman on the Atomic Energy Commission, to Judge Marjorie Lawson of the D.C. Juvenile Court. By making the role of First Lady more visible, to a level comparable to the professional woman, she trusted the instincts of her intelligent friend Liz Carpenter, a working journalist who eventually became the first-ever staff director to a First Lady, and press secretary.
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