Biography
Barbara Bush was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. She was previously second lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, when her husband was vice president under President Ronald Reagan, and founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. Among her children are George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd governor of Florida. Bush and Abigail Adams are the only two women to be the wife of one U.S. president and the mother of another. At the time she became first lady, she was the second oldest woman to hold the position, behind only Anna Harrison, who never lived in the capital. Bush was generally popular as first lady, recognized for her apolitical grandmotherly image.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 1998
- Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education · 1997
- American Library Association Honorary Membership · 1990
- honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
- Texas Women's Hall of Fame
Filmography20 titles
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
Race for the White House
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Fahrenheit 11/9
Fahrenheit 9/11
Journeys with George
Nixon
The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power
Mao's Last Dancer
Frontline
Frontline
His Way
41
The President's Book of Secrets
First Ladies
White House Revealed
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
In Their Own Words