Lady Bird's Last Hurrah
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Says Liz Carpenter, Lady Bird's longtime friend and press secretary: "She has made every woman feel that she too can do something for her community —and still be a conventional wife and mother. She got them up from the bridge tables." After her exit in January, Lady Bird may edit her White House diary into shape for publication as a book—a prospect that has publishers brandishing generous offers. When the Johnsons marked their 34th wedding anniversary last week, Lady Bird presented her husband with a copy of an entry from her diary dated Feb. 13, 1941: "Big day! ... Tonight I went to my first (will it be my last and only?) dinner at the White House." With it was a note: "Thank you for bringing me back." Once back, she left her mark not on the White House, as did Jacqueline Kennedy, but on the land beyond.
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