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| − | '''Barbara Bush''' (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of President [[George H. W. Bush]]. Born Barbara Pierce, she grew up in Rye, [[New York]]. She became engaged in 1943 and married in January 1945.<ref>Bush 1999, 16, 37, 57.</ref> She is mother to | + | '''Barbara Bush''' (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of former President [[George H. W. Bush]] and is a former [[First Lady]] of the [[United States]]. Born Barbara Pierce, she grew up in Rye, [[New York]]. She and Bush became engaged in 1943 and married in January 1945.<ref>Bush 1999, 16, 37, 57.</ref> She is mother to former President [[George W. Bush]], former [[Florida]] [[Governor]] [[Jeb Bush]], Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Pauline Bush, who died at the age of four from [[leukemia]]. George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush is named for her grandmother. |
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Revision as of 14:35, June 13, 2011
Barbara Bush (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of former President George H. W. Bush and is a former First Lady of the United States. Born Barbara Pierce, she grew up in Rye, New York. She and Bush became engaged in 1943 and married in January 1945.[1] She is mother to former President George W. Bush, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Dorothy Bush, and Pauline Bush, who died at the age of four from leukemia. George W. Bush's daughter Barbara Pierce Bush is named for her grandmother.
Rarely has a First Lady been greeted by the American people and the press with the approbation and warmth accorded to Barbara Pierce Bush. Perhaps this is prompted by the image she calls "everybody's grandmother." People are comfortable with her white hair, her warm, relaxed manner, and her keen wit. With characteristic directness, she says people like her because they know "I'm fair and I like children and I adore my husband." [2]
Currently, Barbara Bush lives with her husband in Houston, Texas.
Notes
- ↑ Bush 1999, 16, 37, 57.
- ↑ Barbara Pierce Bush biography The White House
References
- Bush, George. All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.