Lady Bird Johnson 1912 – 2007: “Wife, mother, grandmother, conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist, First Lady. Lady Bird Johnson holds claim to all of those titles and more. All her life, Mrs. Johnson has brought beauty to her sprawling family, to the Texas Hill Country she loves, and to the nation that loves her. She inspired the passage of the Beautification Act of 1965 [Public Law 89-285 (79 Stat. 1028)] – a bill her husband called a “gift” to his wife – which cemented environmentalism as a top priority in the United States.”