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Lady Bird Johnson

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Also known as Lady Bird Taylor Johnson, Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, Claudia Taylor, Claudia Johnson, Claudia Taylor Johnson, Lady Bird, Mrs. Claudia T. Johnson

First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969

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Claudia Alta Taylor, known as Lady Bird Johnson, was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as First Lady of the United States and Second Lady of the United States. Born in Karnack, Texas, in 1912, she was a member of the Democratic Party and a citizen of the United States. She received education from the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Alabama, and Moody College of Communication. Johnson was married to Lyndon B. Johnson and was the mother of Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson.

Her career included authorship of works such as *The vital balance* and *Report to the President from the First Lady's Committee for a more beautiful Capital*. She also contributed to *Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level* and other Prentice Hall Literature titles. Johnson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. She identified with the Episcopal Church and spoke English. Lady Bird Johnson died in Austin in 2007.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1912
Died
2007
Works
12

Top works

  • Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
  • Prentice Hall Literature
  • Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
  • Report to the President from the First Lady's Committee for a more beautiful Capital
  • The vital balance

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Film & TV

Acting · Karnack, Texas, USA

Known for

  • The Lady Bird Diaries — Self (archive footage)2023
  • First Ladies — Self (archive footage)2020
  • Race for the White House — Self (archive footage)2016
  • The Presidents' Gatekeepers — Self (archive footage)2013
  • All the Presidents' Wives — Self (archive footage)2008
  • Oswald's Ghost — Self (archive footage)2007
  • JFK: Breaking the News — Self (archive footage)2003
  • Inside the White House — Self (archive footage)1996
  • Intimate Portrait — Self1993
  • LBJ — Herself1991

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1973-07-11
baroque popfolk rockindie folkindie popindie rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
5

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

    · 2016 · cited 32,864x

  2. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 21,284x

  3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,614x

  4. Optical Constants of the Noble Metals

    · 1972 · cited 18,241x

  5. Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)

    · 2008 · cited 17,867x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Claudia
Family name
Taylor
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Karnack
Place of death
Austin
Occupation
politician
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
politics
Image
Lady Bird Johnson, photo portrait, standing at rear of White House, color, crop (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
Lady Bird Johnson
date of birth
1912-12-22
date of death
2007-07-11
medical condition
blindness
birth name
Claudia Alta Taylor
Commons gallery
Lady Bird Johnson
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Encyclopedic overview

Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson (née Taylor; December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. She had previously been the second lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, when her husband was vice president under President John F. Kennedy.

After marrying Lyndon Johnson in 1934 when he was a political hopeful in Austin, Texas, she used a modest inheritance to bankroll his congressional campaign and then ran his office while he served in the Navy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lady Bird Johnson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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