Washington's Iron Butterfly : Bess Clements Abell, An Oral History /

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"Had Elizabeth "Bess" Clements Abell (1933-2020) been a boy, she would likely have become a politician like her father, Earle C. Clements. Effectively barred from office because of her gender, she forged her own path by helping family friends Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. Abell's...

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Other Authors: Smith, Richard Norton, 1953- (writer of foreword.), Birdwhistell, Terry L. (Editor), Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
Johnson, Lady Bird, > 1912-2007.
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973 > Friends and associates.
Johnson, Lady Bird, > 1912-2007 > Friends and associates.
Abell, Bess Clements, > 1933-2020 > Interviews.
United States. > White House Office.
United States. > White House Office > Officials and employees.
Social secretaries.
Presidents > Staff.
Manners and customs.
Friendship.
Employees.
Social secretaries > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Vice-presidents > United States > Staff > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Staff > Biography.
Washington (D.C.)
United States.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Biography.
Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs > 1951-
Interviews.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The governor's daughter
  • The Johnson orbit
  • A part-time job
  • White House social secretary
  • White House Impresario
  • The Lady Bird special
  • White House weddings
  • In time of war and protest
  • Part of the family
  • Joan of art
  • Life after the White House.

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