Beneath Her Decorous Demeanor, âLady Bird Johnsonâ Was a Political Force
Lady Bird Johnson and President Lyndon B. Johnson at their Texas ranch, Christmas Day, 1963. Without someone with the former first ladyâs considerable gifts, Julia Sweig suggests in âLady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight,â the expansive yet explosive 36th president might have found himself far less effective,Credit.White House Photo
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By Julia Sweig
We should all be so lucky as to have a Claudia Taylor, a.k.a. Lady Bird Johnson, in our lives, someone with the self-effacing graciousness of a geisha, the political shrewdness of Cleopatra, the intelligence of a Phi Beta Kappa and the caregiving skills of Florence Nightingale. Without someone with the former first ladyâs considerable gifts, the expansive yet explosive 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, might have found himself far less effective, while, owing mostly to the times, Lady Birdâs own aspirations had