Barbara Bush : Ask Biography

Barbara Bush in 1992

Personal data

Date of birth

June 08, 1925(age 91)

Place of birth

Flushing, New York, U.S.

Spouse

George H. W. Bush (m. 1945-present)

Relations

Marvin Pierce (father)
Scott Pierce (brother)

Children

George W. Bush, Robin Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Marvin Bush and Dorothy Bush Koch

Residence

Houston, Texas

Alma mater

Smith College (attended)

Occupation

former First Lady of the United States

Religion

Episcopal

First Lady of the United States

In office

January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993

Succeeded by

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Preceded by

Nancy Reagan

Second Lady of the United States

In office

January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989

Succeeded by

Marilyn Quayle

Preceded by

Joan Mondale

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Barbara Pierce Bush (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush, and

served as First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of the 43rd President George W. Bush and of the 43rd Governor of Florida Jeb Bush. Previously she had served as Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

Barbara Pierce was born in Flushing, New York attended Rye Country Day School from 1931 to 1937, and is an alumna of Ashley Hall School in Charleston, SC. She met George Herbert Walker Bush at age 16, and the two married in 1945, while he was on leave during his deployment as a Naval officer in World War II. They would have six children together. The Bush family soon moved to Midland, Texas; as George Bush entered political life, Barbara raised their children.

As wife of the Vice President and then President, Barbara Bush has supported and worked to advance the cause of universal literacy. She founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy while First Lady. Since leaving the White House, she has continued to advance this cause.