Lady Bird Johnson's early education at the Fern School; childhood friends; Mrs. Johnson's relationship with Dorris Powell and her mother, Mrs. Odom; Minnie Lee Pattillo's mental health; attending African-American churches as a child; Mrs. Johnson's love of the changing seasons and nature; family friend, Goodwin Coleman; Mrs. Johnson's shyness and her reluctance to be high school valedictorian; boarding with Aunt Effie Pattillo at Bernice Emmert's house while attending Jefferson High School; attending Marshall High School; Mrs. Johnson's closest friends, including Carl, Gene, and Emma Boehringer and others from Marshall and St. Mary's Episcopal School for Girls in Dallas.
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 2 (II), 8/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 2 (II), 8/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-ctj-19770813-2-11-10