laura bush

     

A former school librarian, she helped organize the Texas Book Festival to raise money for local libraries

Trivia about laura bush

  • As a child, this first lady seen here grew up living a half-mile from her future husband
  • Don't call us with your research questions; call this U.S. first lady who has a master's degree in library science
  • She met the future president at a backyard barbecue in Midland, Texas in 1977
  • In 2010 this former First Lady published the memoir "Spoken from the Heart"
  • On Nov. 25, 1981, she gave birth to twins in Dallas
  • After that pretzel incident, she said, "You will be glad to know the president is practicing safe snacks"
  • ...born in Midland, Texas & earned a masters degree at the University of Texas
  • Inspired by her second-grade teacher, she earned a degree in education from SMU in 1968
  • At one time, she was the first lady of Texas
  • "The Perfect Wife" is a biography of this Texas-born woman
  • This first lady earned a bachelor's degree in education from Southern Methodist University
  • Curtis Sittenfeld based "American Wife" on her, about to be a former First Lady when the novel came out in 2008