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Washington's Iron Butterfly - Bess Clements Abell, An Oral History (Hardcover)
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Washington's Iron Butterfly - Bess Clements Abell, An Oral History (Hardcover)
Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series
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Had Elizabeth 'Bess' Clements Abell (1933-2020) been a boy, she
would likely have become a politician like her father, Earle
Clements. Effectively barred from that career because of her
gender, she forged her own path by helping family friends Lyndon
and Lady Bird Johnson. As President Johnson's Social Secretary,
Abell earned the nickname 'Iron Butterfly' for her graceful but
firm leadership of social life in the White House. Afterward, she
maintained her importance in Washington D.C., serving as chief of
staff to Joan Mondale and co-founding a public relations company.
Donald A. Ritchie and Terry L. Birdwhistell draw on Abell's own
words and those of others close to her to tell her remarkable
story. Focusing on her years working for the Johnson campaign and
her time in the White House, this engaging oral history provides a
window into Abell's life as well as an insider's view of social
life in the nation's capital during the tumultuous 1960s.
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