Lynda Bird Johnson

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American noted daughter who served as chairwoman of the Board of Reading is Fundamental, the nation's largest children's literacy organization, as well as chairwoman of the President's Advisory Committee for Women. She is also a magazine editor (Ladies Home Journal, 1969–1981) who served as First Lady of Virginia from 1982 to 1986, before that as Second Lady of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. She is the elder of the two daughters of former United States President Lyndon Baines Johnson and former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. She became the oldest living child of a U.S. President following the death of John Eisenhower on 21 December 2013. Johnson was engaged to Bernard Rosenbach before she met the actor George Hamilton, who himself had been engaged to Susan Kohner. In 1966, Johnson and Hamilton began dating. Because of an increase in Secret Service protection of Presidential relatives resulting from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Hamilton–Johnson couple were one of the first to be protected by Secret Service agents. Johnson later married U.S. Marine Corps Captain Charles S. Robb in the East Room of the White House on 9 December 1967. Robb later became Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1978–1982), making her Second Lady of Virginia. Later, Robb became Governor of Virginia (1982–1986), making her First Lady of Virginia. He also served two terms as U.S. Senator from Virginia. She has three daughters, Lucinda Desha Robb (b. 1968), Catherine Lewis Robb (b. 1970) and Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (b. 1978). Link to Wikipedia biography