Lady Bird Johnson

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Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

FIRST LADY TO LYNDON B. JOHNSON // #36

  • Super shy when she was younger; she purposely answered some questions wrong to make sure she didn’t end up valedictorian or salutatorian

  • Earned a double-degree: history and journalism

  • Described Lyndon as “electric”

  • He proposed the day after they met (she didn’t say yes right away)

  • Started a diary days before she moved into the White House

  • Watered down her wine and enjoyed just a few kernels of popcorn to maintain her weight

  • Had been married 39 years when he died; she outlived him by another 34 years

 

Listen to In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson for more about her. She’s fascinating.

Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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