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

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kentucky remembered.
Other Authors: Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- (Editor)
Birdwhistell, Terry L. (Editor)
Smith, Richard Norton, 1953- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2022]
Series:Kentucky remembered.
Subjects:
Abell, Bess Clements, > 1933-2020 > Interviews.
United States. > White House Office > Officials and employees.
Johnson, Lady Bird, > 1912-2007 > Friends and associates.
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973 > Friends and associates.
Johnson, Lady Bird, > 1912-2007.
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
United States. > White House Office.
Presidents > United States > Staff > Biography.
Vice-presidents > United States > Staff > Biography.
Social secretaries > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs > 1951-
Kentucky > Biography.
Secrétaires privés > Washington (D.C.) > Biographies.
Washington (D.C.) > Mœurs et coutumes > 1951-
Kentucky > Biographies.
Employees.
Friendship.
Manners and customs.
Presidents > Staff.
Social secretaries.
Kentucky.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
Since 1951
Biographies.
Interviews.
Genre:
Interviews.
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:x, 233 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Bess Clements Abell, an oral history
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The governor's daughter
  • The Johnson orbit
  • A part-time job
  • White House social secretary
  • White House Impresario
  • The Lady Bird special
  • White House weddings
  • In time of war and protest
  • Part of the family
  • Joan of art
  • Life after the White House.