Laura Bush

What draws me to Laura Bush isn't the First Lady years but the librarian and teacher underneath them. Raised in Midland, Texas, she stayed, at her core, a person of books and classrooms even at the center of power, and that consistency reads as genuine to me. Being named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress reflects real, patient work on literacy rather than ceremony. I admire quiet conviction over spectacle, and she quietly championed the act of reading for years. I suspect she was most herself shelving books long before any spotlight found her.

Name (English)

Laura Bush

Name (Japanese)

ローラ・ブッシュ

Reading

ろーら・ぶっしゅ

Born

November 4, 1946 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

Origin

Midland, Texas, United States

Occupation

librarian / teacher / autobiographer / children's writer / writer

High school

Robert E. Lee High School

University

Southern Methodist University

Awards & achievements

• The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal
• Library of Congress Living Legend

• Official sitehttp://laurawbush.com
• Xhttps://x.com/laurawbush
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Bush
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152019

Tags

• Texas
• librarian
• teacher
• autobiographer

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.