| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Kentucky remembered : an oral history series |
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Kentucky remembered.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Abell, Bess Clements, 1933-2020 -- Interviews
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Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 -- Friends and associates
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Friends and associates
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Friends and associates
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Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 -- Friends and associates
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Abell, Bess Clements, 1933-2020 -- Interviews
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 |
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Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 |
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United States. White House Office -- Officials and employees
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United States. White House Office |
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Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography
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Social secretaries -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
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Political.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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Women.
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HISTORY.
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Social secretaries
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Presidents -- Staff
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Manners and customs
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Friendship
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Employees
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Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 1951-
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Kentucky -- Biography
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Washington (D.C.)
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United States
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Kentucky
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Interviews
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- editor.
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Birdwhistell, Terry L., editor
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Smith, Richard Norton, 1953- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780813182278 |
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0813182271 |
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081318228X |
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9780813182285 |
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9780813182476 |
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0813182476 |
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