Title Washington's Iron Butterfly Bess Clements Abell, an oral history / [edited by] Donald A. Ritchie and Terry L. Birdwhistell ; foreword by Richard Norton Smith

Published Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource Series Kentucky remembered: an oral history series Contents Cover -- Praise -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 The Governor's Daughter -- 2 The Johnson Orbit -- 3 A Part-Time Job -- 4 White House Social Secretary -- 5 White House Impresario -- 6 The Lady Bird Special -- 7 White House Weddings -- 8 In Time of War and Protest -- 9 Part of the Family -- 10 Joan of Art -- 11 Life after the White House -- Epilogue -- The Interviewees -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index Summary "Had Elizabeth "Bess" Clements Abell (1933-2020) been a boy, she would likely have become a politician like her father, Earle C. Clements. Effectively barred from office because of her gender, she forged her own path by helping family friends Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. Abell's Secret Service code name, "Iron Butterfly," exemplified her graceful but firm management of social life in the Johnson White House. After Johnson's administration ended, she maintained her importance in Washington, DC, serving as chief of staff to Joan Mondale and cofounding a public relations company. Donald A. Ritchie and Terry L. Birdwhistell draw on Abell's own words and those of others known to her to tell her remarkable story. Focusing on her years working for the Johnson campaign and her time in the White House, this engaging oral history provides a window into Abell's life as well as an insider's view of the nation's capital during the tumultuous 1960s"-- Provided by publisher Subject Abell, Bess Clements, 1933-2020 -- Interviews Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 -- Friends and associates Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Friends and associates SUBJECT Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Friends and associates Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 -- Friends and associates Abell, Bess Clements, 1933-2020 -- Interviews Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 fast Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 fast Subject United States. White House Office -- Officials and employees SUBJECT United States. White House Office fast Subject Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography Social secretaries -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography Social secretaries Presidents -- Staff Manners and customs Friendship Employees SUBJECT Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145362 Kentucky -- Biography Subject Washington (D.C.) United States Kentucky Genre/Form Electronic books Interviews Biographies Form Electronic book Author Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- editor. Birdwhistell, Terry L., editor Smith, Richard Norton, 1953- writer of foreword. ISBN 9780813182278 0813182271 081318228X 9780813182285

Other Titles Bess Clements Abell, an oral history

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