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This tribute to Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) pays homage to her efforts to beautify America's highways by encouraging wildflower planting and junkyard screening. ... In response, the First Lady campaigned for her husband's election via a 4-day train trip through eight southern States. Her reception was anything but warm.
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on behalf of the beautification of the United States has not yet become ... pursuing beautification, the first lady functioned as legislative aide, ..... Despite the lobbying campaign, highway beautification encountered ...
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Meeting with military folks will be a big part of Michelle Obama's schedule for the remainder of her time as first lady, her staff says. And she has ... My husband has 18yrs in the US Army 7and a half of them active and 11 and half reserve,for the last 7yrs he has had to travel to Texas from New Mexico on our dime.
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www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/03/26/michelle-...
www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/03/26/michelle-obama-makes-military-families-her-mission.html
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"I feel she was ahead of her time, knowing that there has to be some beautification on the highways. She lived a long life and she is loved by so many people and she is a flower and a gem in the political system because of what she did. ... Former US First Lady was Known as Environmental Champion...
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www.voanews.com/english/2007-07-16-voa17.cfm
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Her 24 years as a Congressional wife helped prepare Lady Bird Johnson for the job of First Lady, a job she characterized as "a crescendo of this constant, repeated rat-a-tat-tat of obligations and duties." She saw the First Lady's primary duty as one of support for her husband, ... US, Chinese Presidents Share Dinner,
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Suddenly the unpretentious woman from Texas found herself First Lady of the US. She would speak her fears and hopes into a tape recorder. “How much can they tear us down?” she wondered in 1965, as criticism of the Vietnam ... Although the Highways Bill was perhaps her most important contribution to US politics,
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www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2062814.ece
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Her legacy began with plantings along streets in Washington, D.C., which she followed with her support for the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. That law, which spurred legions of wildflowers along U.S. highways, made history as the first time a first lady worked on legislative strategy with a president,
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www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stor...
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"Like all Americans, but especially those of us who call Texas home, we loved Lady Bird," ... As first lady, she was perhaps best known as the determined environmentalist who wanted roadside billboards and junkyards replaced with trees and wildflowers. She raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to beautify Washington.
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www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289027,00.html
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Early on, Lady Bird Johnson proved herself to be the quintessential political wife. In 1937 she used part of an inheritance to fund her husband's first bid for public office and campaigned with him to win a congressional seat.
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www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/11/obit.lady.bird/index.html
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