Laura Bush
- ISBN-10
- 143816503X
- ISBN-13
- 9781438165035
- Series
- Laura Bush
- Category
- Federal government--United States--History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- Dorothy Schneider
Description
Though she avoids controversy and almost never speaks out on hot-button issues, Laura Welch Bush ranks herself as a feminist, expressing the hope that someday in the not-too-distant future a woman will serve as president of the.
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