IN A MINUTE: Looking back on the life of former first lady Barbara Bush, who died one year ago today.
Barbara Bush, shown here at age 7, is the third of four children, having been born in New York City to Marvin Pearce and Pauline Robinson Pierce. Her childhood was spent growing up in Rye, N.Y., where she attended public school before going to Rye Country Day School, a private institution.George and Barbara Bush were married in Rye, N.Y., Jan. 6, 1945. She met him at a dance during a break from boarding school.
Barbara Bush reads to children in the White House Library, July 24, 1990. A force in bringing national attention to illiteracy in the U.S., she established the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.She had a sense of humor and showed it on occasion, returning the gesture of Denis Thatcher, U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s husband, and kissing his hand on her arrival at 10 Downing Street, London, June 1, 1989.
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