BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [435]-506) and index. |
Contents |
Lady Bird Johnson's White House diary -- Prologue : the Huntland strategy memo -- Act I : August 1960-January 1965 -- Act II : February 1965-December 1967 -- Act III : January 1968-August 1968 -- Epilogue : to survive all assaults, January 1969-July 2007. |
Summary |
"Perhaps the most underestimated First Lady of the twentieth century, Lady Bird Johnson was also one of the most accomplished. Managing the White House in years of national upheaval, through the civil rights movement, and the escalation of the Vietnam War, Lady Bird projected a sense of calm and, following the glamorous and modern Jackie Kennedy, an old-fashioned image of a First Lady. In truth, she was anything but. As the first First Lady to run the East Wing like a professional office--and one with a significant budget--she took on her own policy initiatives, including the most ambitious national environmental effort since Teddy Roosevelt. Occupying the White House during the beginning of the women's liberation movement, she hosted professional women from all walks of life, encouraging women everywhere to pursue their own careers, even if her own style and official role was to lead by supporting others. Where no presidential biographer has understood the full impact of Lady Bird Johnson's work in the White House, Julia Sweig draws on Lady Bird's own voice in her White House diaries to place her at center stage and to reveal a woman ahead of her time--and an accomplished politician inher own right"-- Provided by publisher. |
Other edition |
Online version: Sweig, Julia. Hiding in plain sight First edition. New York : Random House, [2020] 9780812995916 |
Subject |
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007.
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
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Genre |
Biographies.
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Other title |
Hiding in plain sight |
ISBN |
9780812995909
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0812995902
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