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Barbara Bush (née Pierce; June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush. Previously, she had been Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, and founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy .
Barbara Pierce Bush (born November 25, 1981) is an American activist. She co-founded and is the chair of the board of the nonprofit organization Global Health Corps . [ 1 ] She and her fraternal twin sister, Jenna , are the daughters of the forty-third U.S. president, George W. Bush , and former first lady, Laura Bush .
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
Growing up with the name Barbara Bush in the 1990s admittedly brought some unwanted spotlight to the twin sister of TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager. She shared the name with her grandmother, former first ...
Barbara Pierce Bush, daughter of former U.S. president George W. Bush and co-founder and CEO of Global Health Corps, smiles while taking part in the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 ...
Barbara Bush's longtime friend, Susan Baker, the wife of former Secretary of State James Baker, described her in a eulogy as a "tough but loving enforcer" whose 73-year marriage to her husband was ...
Barbara Bush Pierce signs a copy of her new children's book, "Love Comes First," for a fan at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Barbara Bush became involved with literacy organizations, served on literacy committees and chaired reading organizations, and helped develop the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. [10] Some funding came from a book, credited to the Bushes' dog Millie but ghostwritten by Barbara Bush, Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush.