Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas where her nurse described her as “Pretty as a lady bird”. The name stuck.
In 1934, she married Lyndon Baines Johnson, who eventually became President of the United States following the assassination of President Kennedy.
Lady Bird Johnson has led an effort to conserve natural resources as well as beautify the nation. Her Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center was create “…to educate people about the environmental necessity, economic value, and natural beauty of wildflowers & native plants.”
Now over 90 years old, she is in increasingly frail health she was hospitalized during January 2005 in Austin, Texas because of a lung infection.
~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com
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