Lady Bird

A Biography of Mrs. Johnson

Jan Jarboe Russell

• Publisher: Scribner
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781501106996
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

A revealing biography of Lady Bird Johnson exposes startling insights into her marriage to Lyndon Baines Johnson—and her unexpectedly strong impact on his presidency. Long obscured by her husband's shadow, Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson emerges in this first comprehensive biography as a figure of surprising influence and the centering force for LBJ, a man who suffered from extreme mood swings and desperately needed someone to help control his darker impulses. Expertly researched and written, Lady Bird draws from rare conversations with the former First Lady and from interviews with key members of Johnson's inner circle of friends, family, and advisers. With chapters such as "Motherless Child, " "A Ten-Week Affair, " and "LBJ's Midlife Crisis, " Lady Bird sheds light on Mrs. Johnson's childhood, on her amazing acumen as a businesswoman, and on the central role she played in her husband's life and political career. A vital link to the Kennedys during LBJ's uneasy tenure as vice president and a voice of conscience on civil rights, Jan Jarboe Russell reveals Lady Bird as a political force. In this intimate portrait, Russell shows us the private Lady Bird—not only a passionate conservationist but a remarkable woman who greatly influenced her husband, his administration, and the country.

Index

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ABC, 255

Abell, Bess, 210, 211, 214, 228, 232, 248, 250, 262, 280

Abney, Gordon, 78–79

Adams, Eddie, 299

African Americans, see Blacks Ahoskie, N.C., 256

Air Force One, 223–26, 304

Alabama, University of, 69–70, 71, 75

alcoholism, 99, 118–19, 138

Aldridge, Jack, 82–83

Alger, Bruce, 206

Allen, Mrs. James, 262

Alpha Phi sorority, 79–80

American Red Cross, 162

Anderson, Clinton, 175

Anderson, Robert B., 145

Andrews, Eunice, 27–28

Andrews, Milt, 27

anti–litter campaign, national, 276–77

Arnold, Fortas and Porter, 264

Associated Press, 287

Astor, Brooke, 277–78

Atlanta Constitution, 261

Auchincloss, Janet, 233

Austin, Tex., 72, 74–75, 312

Austin American–Statesman, 83, 127, 134, 136, 152

Austin Daily Tribune, 145

Austin Woman’s Club, 74

Autauga County, Ala., 29

Harrison County vs., 26, 37–38

Ava (LBJ’s cousin), 94

Baines, George Washington, 97

Baines, Joseph Wilson, 97

Baker, C. C, 26

Baldrige, Letitia, 210, 211

Baldwell, Malcolm, 104–5, 106–7

Baldwin, Philip, 50–51

Ball, George, 289

Barber of Seville (Rossini), 2...