Laura Bush

Laura Lane Bush (née Welch) (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of U.S. President George W. Bush and is the First Lady of the United States. She was named the second most powerful woman in the United States and the fourth most powerful in the world by Forbes magazine in 2004. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2004/08/18/04powomland.html

College years and marriage

Bush earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1968 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. After graduating, she became a school teacher at Longfellow Elementary School in Dallas Independent School District until 1969. She then taught at John F. Kennedy Elementary School, a Houston Independent School District school in Houston, until 1972.

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Bachelor of Science - 1968 - Southern Methodist University - Dallas - 1969 - Houston Independent School District - Houston - 1972

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Bush also earned a Master of Science degree in Library Science in 1973 from the University of Texas at Austin. After that, she worked at the Kashmere Gardens Branch at the Houston Public Library until 1974, when she moved back to Austin. She was a librarian at an Austin Independent School District school, Dawson Elementary School, until 1977.

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Master of Science degree - Library Science - 1973 - University of Texas at Austin - 1974 - Austin - 1977

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She met George W. Bush in 1977 and after a three month courtship married him on November 5 of that year. In 1981, she gave birth to twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, who have now graduated from college.

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George W. Bush - 1977 - November 5 - Barbara and Jenna

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Several times a year, Bush and her husband travel to their sprawling family estate, the Bush Compound. Located in Kennebunkport, Maine, the compound is where Bush family gatherings have been held for nearly 100 years.

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