Editing Lynda Bird Johnson Robb

{{Short description|Daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Lynda Bird Johnson Robb
| birth_name          = Lynda Bird Johnson
| image               = Lynda Bird Johnson Robb.jpg
| caption             = Johnson Robb in January 2016
| office              = [[First Lady of Virginia]]
| term_label          = In role
| term_start          = January 16, 1982
| term_end            = January 18, 1986
| predecessor         = [[Edwina P. Dalton]]
| successor           = [[Jeannie Baliles]]
| governor            = [[Chuck Robb]]
| office2             = Second Lady of [[Virginia]]
| term_label2         = In role
| term_start2         = January 14, 1978
| term_end2           = January 16, 1982
| predecessor2        = [[Edwina P. Dalton]]
| successor2          = Martha Davis
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1944|3|19}}
| birth_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| parents             = {{ubl|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]|[[Lady Bird Johnson]]}}
| party               = [[Democratic party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Chuck Robb]]|December 9, 1967}}
| children            = 3
| alma_mater          = [[University of Texas at Austin]]
| lieutenant_governor2 = Chuck Robb
}}

'''Lynda Bird Johnson Robb''' (born March 19, 1944) is the elder daughter of the 36th U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and former First Lady [[Lady Bird Johnson]]. She served as chairwoman of the Board of [[Reading is Fundamental]], the nation's largest children's literacy organization, as well as chairwoman of the [[National Advisory Committee for Women#Reform to President's Advisory Committee|President's Advisory Committee for Women]]. She is a magazine editor who served as [[First Lady of Virginia]] from 1982 to 1986, and as [[Second Lady]] of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. She is the oldest living [[List of children of presidents of the United States|child of a U.S. president]], following the death of [[John Eisenhower]] on December 21, 2013.

==Biography==

[[Image:Lynda Bird Johnson and Charles Robb wedding.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Johnson and [[Chuck Robb]]'s wedding at the [[White House]], December 9, 1967]]

When Lynda Bird Johnson was born, her mother [[Lady Bird Johnson|Lady Bird]] had suffered three miscarriages and her doctor spoke pessimistically of her chances of having any more children, so her father suggested that she be named for both her parents. Thus, the name "Lynda Bird".<ref>Merle Miller, Lyndon:  An Oral Biography at 103 (New York:  G.P. Putnam's Sons 1980).</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/first-daughters-in-the-white-house-then-and-now/all|title=First Daughters: Then and Now|access-date=2018-03-22|archive-date=2018-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092640/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/first-daughters-in-the-white-house-then-and-now/all|url-status=live}}</ref>

Johnson was engaged to Bernard Rosenbach before she met the actor [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], who himself had been engaged to [[Susan Kohner]]. In 1966, Johnson and Hamilton began dating.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/lynda-johnson-robb-and-george-hamilton-when-a-presidents-daughter-dated-a-movie-star/2012/02/10/gIQAuXZO9Q_blog.html|title=Lynda Johnson Robb and George Hamilton: When a president's daughter dated a movie star|first=The Reliable|last=Source|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=13 February 2012|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119175539/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/lynda-johnson-robb-and-george-hamilton-when-a-presidents-daughter-dated-a-movie-star/2012/02/10/gIQAuXZO9Q_blog.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-flashback-george-hamilton-once-867601|title=Hollywood Flashback: George Hamilton Once Took LBJ's Daughter to the Oscars|date=25 February 2016|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=2018-03-22|archive-date=2018-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323154852/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-flashback-george-hamilton-once-867601|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of an increase in [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] protection of Presidential relatives resulting from the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]], the Hamilton-Johnson couple was one of the first to be protected by Secret Service agents.

Johnson later married [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] [[Captain (United States)#U.S. Army.2C U.S. Air Force.2C and U.S. Marine Corps|Captain]] [[Charles S. Robb]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://texasarchive.org/2008_00198|title=Lynda Bird's Shower|website=Texas Archive of the Moving Image|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref> son of Frances Howard (Woolley) and James Spittal Robb, in the [[East Room]] of the [[White House]] in 1967 in a service celebrated by the Right Reverend [[Gerald Nicholas McAllister]]. Her husband served with distinction in [[Vietnam]]. Charles Robb was later elected [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia]] (1978–1982), [[Governor of Virginia]] (1982–1986), and [[US senator|US Senator from Virginia]] (1989–2001).

On May 9, 1979, President [[Jimmy Carter]] appointed Lynda Bird Johnson Robb to chair the [[National Advisory Committee for Women#Reform to President's Advisory Committee|President's Advisory Committee for Women]]. The committee of 30 worked to carry out Carter's mandate to promote equality for women in the cultural, social, economic, and political life of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Peters|first=Gerhard and John T. Woolley|title=Jimmy Carter: "President's Advisory Committee for Women Appointment of Chair, Vice-Chairs, and Four Members|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=32316|work=The American Presidency Project|access-date=10 December 2013|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213083347/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=32316|url-status=live}}</ref>

Robb served as chairwoman of the board of [[Reading is Fundamental]] (1996–2001), the nation's largest children's literacy organization. She continues to serve the organization as Chairwoman ''Emerita''. She was a contributing editor to ''[[Ladies Home Journal]]'' magazine (1969–81). She serves on the board of directors of the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum|Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation]] and the [[Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center]].

Robb was educated at the [[National Cathedral School]] for Girls, graduated from the [[University of Texas at Austin]], and was a member of [[Zeta Tau Alpha]] sorority. She also briefly attended [[Mercy College (New York)|Mercy College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercy.edu/alumni/mercy-friend|title=Mercy Friend – Alumni & Friends|website=www.mercy.edu|access-date=2019-07-26|archive-date=2019-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726012501/https://www.mercy.edu/alumni/mercy-friend|url-status=live}}</ref> She holds an [[Honorary degree|Honorary]] [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] from [[Washington and Lee University]] and [[Norwich University]] and has been honored with a plethora of civic awards for her public service.

She has three daughters, Lucinda Desha Robb (born 1968), Catherine Lewis Robb (born 1970) and Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (born 1978),<ref>{{cite news | first=Patricia | last=Bunin | url=http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960411/04090121.htm | title=An Azalea Queen of Long Ago, Lynda Robb, Enjoys Memories | publisher=The Virginian-Pilot | pages=5 | date=1996-04-11 | access-date=2006-04-09 | archive-date=2008-02-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208122458/http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960411/04090121.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> and five grandchildren.

In 2004, Robb attended the [[Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan|state funeral of President Ronald Reagan]], on behalf of her mother, who was unable to attend because of poor health. She again represented her mother at the [[Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford|state funeral of President Gerald Ford]], who died December 26, 2006. In 2018, Robb attended the [[state funeral of George H. W. Bush]] alongside her husband [[Charles Robb]], her sister [[Luci Baines Johnson]] and her brother-in-law Ian Turpin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lord |first1=Debbie |title=Who will be attending George H.W. Bush's funeral? |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/national/who-will-attending-george-bush-funeral/9XS4wpBeIHKko2pZKVD04N/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |publisher=Cox Media Group |access-date=21 November 2020 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184503/https://www.ajc.com/news/national/who-will-attending-george-bush-funeral/9XS4wpBeIHKko2pZKVD04N/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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