Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment

Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment - Paperback

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Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment - Paperback

Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment - Paperback

by Lewis L. Gould
$68.38
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by Lewis L. Gould (Author)

In the 1960s Lady Bird Johnson sought to improve the natural appearance of Washington, D.C., to make the nation's highways less cluttered with billboards and junkyards, and to advance the environmental agenda of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. The popular understanding of what she did remains incomplete, and her role as a woman conservationist has not been well understood. In this, the first book to example her accomplishments as First Lady, Lewis Gould shows Lady Bird Johnson as a catalyst for environmental ideas and as a powerful and persuasive force within her husband's administration.

Although passage of the Highway Beautification Act in 1965 was the legislative apex of her efforts, Lady Bird Johnson also articulated a wide range of conservation issues, framing policy initiatives and focusing public opinion. She instilled conservation and ecological ideas in the national mind, Gould argues, with a skill and adroitness that puts Mrs. Johnson in the front rank among modern First Ladies. Indeed, in his view, only Eleanor Roosevelt surpasses her in importance.

This book is the result of Gould's extensive research in the LBJ Library and draws on his interviews with such key figures as Interior Secretary Steward Udall, Press Secretary Liz Carpenter, District of Columbia Mayor Walter Washington, and Lady Bird Johnson herself.
Number of Pages: 334
Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: October 08, 2021
ISBN9780700631513
Author Lewis L. Gould
PublisherUniversity Press of Kansas
GenreBiography, Hobbies & interests, and News & politics
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages334
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Lewis L. Gould is Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor Emeritus in American History at the University of Texas at Austin. His books include The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and The William Howard Taft Presidency.

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