Laura Bush – First Lady of Texas and Mother of Two Daughters

Laura Bush is a Texan and an educator. She is the wife of former President George W. Bush and the mother of two daughters. Her career in education has spanned two decades. During her time as First Lady, she focused on promoting literacy and health issues for women.

Laura Bush earned a bachelor’s degree in early education and a master’s in library science from the University of Texas at Austin. After graduation, she taught in public schools in Houston and Dallas. However, when her husband was elected president, she left her job to take on a full-time role as the first lady of Texas. Eventually, she returned to Austin to work as an elementary school librarian.

During her tenure as first lady, she took on a number of national and international issues. In particular, she advocated for the eradication of malaria and promoted global literacy and education initiatives. Among the initiatives she implemented were the National Book Festival, the 21st Century Librarian Program and the Helping America’s Youth initiative. The latter program involved ten Federal agencies and taught over one thousand community members new strategies for preventing, preventing and controlling youth crime.

Initially, Laura Bush was reluctant to make any major speeches, relying instead on the many smaller, but nonetheless impressive, achievements she achieved during her husband’s tenure. During his second term, Laura and her husband collaborated on a number of projects to restore and renew America’s National Park system. They also participated in a video teleconference on Burma, which highlighted the oppression by the military regime. Similarly, she supported her husband’s efforts to punish those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

During her time as the first lady, Laura Bush made several trips to foreign countries to promote American interests and support her husband’s global health and humanitarian aid initiatives. She also served as an honorary ambassador for the United Nations Literacy Decade.

Although Laura Bush was initially reticent to make a lot of public appearances, she soon realized she needed to be more visible to support her husband’s agenda. This became particularly true after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Not only did she attend the congressional hearings on the attacks, she also led a committee to design the new presidential library and museum. But the project suffered a setback when her plans for a poetry reading at the White House were shelved in the face of opposition to the Iraq war.

On the other hand, her efforts to advance women’s causes and global health initiatives were successful. Through her leadership, she created the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Women’s Health Initiative and helped launch the U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Laura Bush was also the founder of the Laura Bush Foundation, which provides funds to help school libraries and children’s programs across the country. The foundation awarded more than $1 million in grants to help schools improve their library facilities and provide students with educational materials. Additionally, the foundation provided funding for school librarians to obtain continuing education.