• Ep 3: Lady Bird Johnson: Attaining Power By Being #2

  • Mar 8 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
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Ep 3: Lady Bird Johnson: Attaining Power By Being #2

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  • In this episode, we do something different: we cover a woman whose power was entirely derived from her husband. We discuss how Lady Bird achieved her ambitions by fighting hard for her marriage to the most powerful man of her time, President Lyndon B. Johnson. We also dive into the political strategies they used to propel his career into the White House.


    Sources:

    • Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson by Jan Jarboe Russell
    • Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia E. Sweig
    • The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volumes 1-3, by Robert Caro (Means of Ascent,The Passage of Power, Master of the Senate)
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