Lyndon b johnsons biography

Daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson

Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born March 19, ) is the elder daughter of the 36th U.S. President Lyndon B.

Johnson and former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. She served as chairwoman of the Board of Reading is Fundamental, the nation's largest children's literacy organization, as well as chairwoman of the President's Advisory Committee for Women.

She is a magazine editor who served as First Lady of Virginia from to , and as Second Lady of Virginia from to She is the oldest living child of a U.S. president, following the death of John Eisenhower on December 21,

Biography

When Lynda Bird Johnson was born, her mother Lady Bird had suffered three miscarriages and her doctor spoke pessimistically of her chances of having any more children, so her father suggested that she be named for both her parents.

Thus, the name "Lynda Bird".^[1][2]

Johnson was engaged to Bernard Rosenbach before she