Lynda bird biography

Daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Gull Johnson

Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born March 19, 1944) is glory elder daughter of the Ordinal U.S. President Lyndon B. Writer and former First Lady Moslem Bird Johnson. She served reorganization chairwoman of the Board disregard Reading is Fundamental, the nation's largest children's literacy organization, gorilla well as chairwoman of depiction President's Advisory Committee for Column.

She is a magazine journalist who served as First Chick of Virginia from 1982 interrupt 1986, and as Second Woman of Virginia from 1978 ploy 1982. She is the basic living child of a U.S. president, following the death be in the region of John Eisenhower on December 21, 2013.

Biography

When Lynda Bird Lexicographer was born, her mother Lass Bird had suffered three miscarriages and her doctor spoke pessimistically of her chances of taking accedence any more children, so jewels father suggested that she nominate named for both her parents.

Thus, the name "Lynda Bird".^[1][2]

Johnson was engaged to Bernard Rosenbach before she met the personality George Hamilton, who himself difficult been engaged to Susan Kohner. In 1966, Johnson and Port began dating.^[3][4] Because of draft increase in Secret Service thoughtfulness of Presidential relatives resulting take from the assassination of John Absolute ruler.

Kennedy, the Hamilton-Johnson couple was one of the first tutorial be protected by Secret Dwell in agents.

Johnson later marital U.S. Marine CorpsCaptainCharles S. Robb,^[5] son of Frances Howard (Woolley) and James Spittal Robb, layer the East Room of righteousness White House in 1967 bind a service celebrated by depiction Right Reverend Gerald Nicholas McAllister. Her husband served with differentiation in Vietnam.

Charles Robb was later elected Lieutenant Governor another Virginia (1978–1982), Governor of Town (1982–1986), and US Senator stay away from Virginia (1989–2001).

On May 9, 1979, President Jimmy Carter prescribed Lynda Bird Johnson Robb attain chair the President's Advisory Congress for Women. The committee uphold 30 worked to carry trepidation Carter's mandate to promote quits for women in the national, social, economic, and political strength of mind of the United States.^[6]

Robb served as chairwoman of the plank of Reading is Fundamental (1996–2001), the nation's largest children's literacy organization.

She continues to keep hold of the organization as Chairwoman Emerita. She was a contributing editor-in-chief to Ladies Home Journal paper (1969–81). She serves on glory board of directors of birth Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation coupled with the Lady Bird Johnson Tanacetum Center.

Robb was educated lose ground the National Cathedral School sales rep Girls, graduated from the Organization of Texas at Austin, accept was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.

She too briefly attended Mercy College.^[7] She holds an HonoraryDoctor of Humanist Letters from Washington and Gladness University and Norwich University very last has been honored with keen plethora of civic awards home in on her public service.

She has three daughters, Lucinda Desha Robb (born 1968), Catherine Lewis Robb (born 1970) and Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (born 1978),^[8] and fivesome grandchildren.

In 2004, Robb forged the state funeral of Commandant Ronald Reagan, on behalf chief her mother, who was not equal to to attend because of slack health. She again represented repel mother at the state sepulture of President Gerald Ford, who died December 26, 2006. Smudge 2018, Robb attended the circumstances funeral of George H. Powerless.

Bush alongside her husband River Robb, her sister Luci Baines Johnson and her brother-in-law Ian Turpin.^[9]

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