“Despite decades of harm, the Department of Transportation is pushing a plan to widen the Cross Bronx by adding another highway structure over the Bronx River and Starlight Park, doubling down on the ...

Mention Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson to almost anyone except a presidential historian and you will likely be met with a blank stare. But use her lifelong nickname, “Lady Bird,” and it evokes ...

THIS WEEK IN 1964, FORMER FIRST LADY, LADY BIRD JOHNSON, PLANNED HER WHISTLE STOP CAMPAIGN TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH. WITH 47 STOPS IN TOTAL, THE FIRST LADY CONNECTED WITH SOUTHERN VOTERS AHEAD OF THE ...

THIS WEEK IN 1967, FIRST LADY, LADY BIRD JOHNSON LOOKED TOWARD THE FUTURE AT EXPO 67, AN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AND WORLD’S FAIR IN MONTREAL, CANADA. LADY BIRD, WHO KEPT A DETAILED DIARY OF HER TIME ...

Reflecting on her years in the White House, Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon Johnson, wrote in her diary: “…Using the White House as a podium---hopefully---to thank, to ...

The design for Lady Bird Johnson’s postage stamp was unveiled Friday at her eponymous wildflower center. It features Lady Bird’s official White House portrait, which was painted by Elizabeth ...

I’m honored to write about Lady Bird Johnson, a woman whose vision still shapes the city I call home — Austin, Texas. I live just a few miles from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and I go ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In her new book, Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, author Julia Sweig uncovers Lady Bird Johnson’s complex and captivating role as a ...