barbara bush

     

This no-nonsense first lady admitted that her trademark pearls are fake

Trivia about barbara bush

  • Speaking of her husband, she joked, "Anyone who eats pork rinds can't be all good"
  • She said she enjoys using Franklin Pierce's china in the White House because he's a distant relative
  • Born in 1925, this woman had a First Daughter of the U.S. as well as 2 First Granddaughters
  • She's the most recent first lady to have her son run for U.S. President
  • "Millie's Book...", published in September 1990, is by the presidential dog, as dictated to her
  • At the 1989 inaugural parade, she ran over to Willard Scott & gave him a great big kiss
  • She donated the net proceeds of her dog Millie's book to her Foundation for Family Literacy
  • Hillary Clinton succeeded her as first lady
  • At the White House:Betty Ford,Rosalynn Carter,Nancy Reagan...
  • In January 1991 this first lady broke her left leg while sledding at Camp David
  • "The World Almanac of First Ladies" says this "Silver Fox" loves mystery novels & tacos
  • "Millie's Book", as dictated to this first lady, was a nonfiction bestseller in 1990
  • Jenna's grandmother, in the '80s she was looked upon as "Everybody's Grandmother"
  • In 2003 she published "Reflections: Life After the White House"
  • In 1984 Doubleday published "C. Fred's Story", her humorous book told from the dog's point of view
  • For the past 8 years she's put the ornament atop the national Christmas tree
  • In 1992 she became the 1st first lady to deliver a major address at a national political convention
  • Marvin Pierce, the father of this first lady, was the publisher of McCall's magazine
  • ...who wrote a bestselling nonfiction book in 1990
  • "They only name things after you when you're dead or really old", quipped this first lady when the CIA HQ was renamed