Johnson, Lynda Bird (1944–)

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Johnson, Lynda Bird (1944–)

American first daughter. Name variations: Lynda Johnson Robb. Born Lynda Bird Johnson in 1944; dau. of Lady Bird Johnson (b. 1912) and Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973, president of US, 1963–68); m. Charles S. Robb (US senator), 1967; children: 3.

Campaigned with parents during presidential race (1960); married Charles S. Robb in a White House ceremony (1967); became a contributor to the Ladies' Home Journal; an activist, campaigned for Reading is Fundamental, a national organization aimed at motivating children to read, and against high infant mortality rates.

See also Women in World History.

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