First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies (47 page)

         
death of LBJ and, 70–71

         
dedication of the Grove and, 93

         
on LBJ’s decision not to seek reelection, 113

         
on life in White House, 122

         
on mother’s concern for White House staff after assassination, 251

         
papal inauguration attended by, 43

         
on parents’ relationship, 145, 155–56

         
reaction to leaving White House of, 114–15

     
Johnson, Lyndon B.

         
alleged infidelities of, 31, 68

         
Cape Canaveral renamed after JFK by, 202

         
and Civil Rights Acts, 70, 151, 280

         
friendship with Bush family of, 70

         
and Jackie Kennedy, 65–66

         
marriage to Lady Bird of, 143, 148–49, 153–56

         
retirement and death of, 115, 322

         
second term declined by, 113–14

         
“terrible” relationship with RFK, 248

     
Johnson, Ruben, 44

     
Jones, Paula, 34

     
Jordan, Hamilton, 226, 228, 261, 262, 263

     
Jordan, Vernon, 74

     
Justice Department, U.S., 230

     
“Just Say No” antidrug campaign, 309

     
Kantor, Jodi, 53

     
Karl, Jon, 59

     
Kass, Sam, 25

     
Kelley, Virginia, 159

     
Kennedy, Arabella, 12

     
Kennedy, Caroline

         
and Clintons, 2, 3

         
during Cuban Missile Crisis, 83, 84, 87, 88

         
effect of assassination on, 103, 110

         
on JFK’s infidelities, 201

         
letters from Lady Bird to, 68–69

         
life in White House, 72, 101–9

         
Pat Nixon’s invitation to White House for, 61, 63, 64

     
Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette, 69

     
Kennedy, Jacqueline

         
advice to Pat Nixon, 209

         
appearance as concern for, 289

         
assistance to staff, 80

         
on Carters’ folksiness, 76

         
and cost of food at White House, 21

         
during Cuban Missile Crisis, 83–93

         
death and burial of, 73–74

         
differences from Hillary, as first lady, 74

         
differences from JFK in childrearing, 103

         
donations to orphanages by, 80

         
as editor, 320

         
on first lady’s role, 8

         
friendship with Hillary of, 2, 3, 371–74

         
“Inquiring Camera Girl” work of, 247

         
and JFK’s assassination, 12, 14, 61–62, 66–68, 103–5, 110, 112, 203

         
on JFK’s infidelity, 31, 32, 200–201

         
and JFK’s legacy, 202–5

         
on lack of privacy in White House, 90, 109

         
letter to Khrushchev by, 92–93

         
marriage to Onassis of, 320

         
Nancy Reagan admired by, 75–76

         
Nancy Reagan’s admiration for, 266

         
on neglect of arts in White House, 2

         
and opening of Kennedy Library, 43

         
opinion of Lady Bird Johnson, 248–50

         
oral history interview of, 204–5, 249

         
relationship with Tempelsman, 1, 320

         
religious beliefs of, 111–12

         
struggle with depression of, 201

         
suicide contemplated by, 111

         
therapist seen by, 104–5

         
as third-youngest first lady, 12

         
tour of White House with Mamie Eisenhower, 245–46

         
White House family life of, 101–9, 198–99

         
White House redecoration by, 195–98, 246

         
         
White House revisited by, 61–62, 331–32

         
yacht trip with Clintons, 1–4

     
Kennedy, John F.

         
assassination of, 12, 14, 61–62, 66–68, 103–5, 110, 112, 203

         
and Cuban Missile Crisis, 83–93

         
differences from Jackie in child rearing, 103

         
on East vs. West Wing, 167

         
French lessons with Caroline taken by, 106

         
Hoover dismissal planned by, 28

         
Jackie’s burial with, 74

         
on LBJ as president, 249

         
and marital infidelities, 31, 32, 201–2

         
opinion of Eisenhower, 243

         
possible premonition of death of, 107–8

         
as senator, 62

     
Kennedy, John F., Jr.

         
Bill Clinton’s campaign donation of, 72

         
and Cuban Missile Crisis, 83, 84, 87, 88

         
death of, 68–69

         
effect of assassination on, 111

         
Gerald Ford interview of, 69

         
on mother’s friendship with Clintons, 74

         
in return to White House, 62, 64, 65

         
White House life of, 2, 72, 101–9

     
Kennedy, Patrick, 12, 74, 111

     
Kennedy, Robert, 3, 85, 87, 249

         
assassination of, 144, 310

         
on Lady Bird, 146

         
and LBJ, 248

         
pressures Jackie to vote for Johnson, 250

     
Kennedy, Rose, 65, 75

     
Kennedy, Ted, 3, 76, 230, 261, 280, 331

     
Kennerly, David Hume, 256–57, 323

     
Kent State University, 119

     
Kerry, John, 27–28

     
Kerry, Teresa Heinz, 28, 60

     
Ketchum, Jim, 72, 286

     
Khrushchev, Nikita, 85, 92–93, 195

     
Khrushchev, Nina, 195

     
King, Gwen, 174, 285–86, 293, 298

     
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 144, 280

     
King Timahoe (Nixons’ dog), 64

     
Kinstler, Everett Raymond, 23, 308

     
Kissinger, Henry, 71, 178, 223

     
Kitt, Eartha, 287

     
Kleberg, Richard, 148

     
Knebel, Fletcher, 200

     
Knebel, Laura Bergquist, 109

     
Kosygin, Alexei, 44–45

     
Kristofferson, Kris, 130

     
Kroft, Steve, 312

     
Ladies’ Home Journal
, 49

     
“Lady Bird Special” (campaign train), 150, 152–53

     
Lane, Harriet, 10

     
Lane, Kenneth Jay, 276

     
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
,
The
, 47, 282

     
Lattimore, Neel, 38, 56, 241, 316

     
Lelyveld, Katie McCormick, 142

     
Leningrad, 45

     
Leonardo da Vinci, 195

     
“Let’s Move” (healthy eating campaign), 4, 24, 29, 171–72

     
Lewinsky, Monica, 35, 36, 37–38, 241

         
affair made public, 34

         
called “Elvira” by West Wing staff, 277

         
effect upon Hillary Clinton of, 35, 36, 37–38

     
letter to Bill Clinton written by, 18

     
Life
, 196, 202, 204

     
Limerick, Christine, 27, 162, 268

     
Limerick, Robert, 267

     
Lincoln, Evelyn, 199

     
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 10

     
Living History
(H. Clinton), 18, 329

     
Long Beach Naval Hospital, 216

     
Look
, 109, 204

     
Lord & Taylor, 124

     
Love, Reggie, 52, 53, 141

     
Lukash, William, 95–96, 98, 127, 215

     
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, 204, 248

     
Macaroni (Caroline Kennedy’s pony), 103

     
Maharajah and Maharani of Jaipur, 89, 90

     
Malraux, André, 195

     
Manchester, William, 204

     
Marine One (presidential helicopter), 13, 34, 88, 98, 296

     
Mastromonaco, Alyssa, 52

     
Matthews, Chris, 76

     
McBride, Anita, 19, 51, 166, 276, 280

     
McCall’s
, 189

     
McCarthy, Eugene, 37

     
McCarthy, Joseph, 11

     
McClendon, Sarah, 11

     
McCullough, David, 72

     
McKinley, Ida, 12

     
McKinley, William, 13

     
McNamara, Robert, 86, 87

     
McRae, Tom, 160

     
McSorley, Richard, 110–11

     
Meader, Vaughn, 108

     
Meese, Edwin, 236

     
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Hospital, 132

     
Mental Health Commission, 230

     
Mental Health Systems Act, 231

     
Mercer, Lucy, 18

     
Middleton, Harry, 330

     
Military Office, 37

     
Miss Porter’s School, 12, 90, 194

     
Mitchell, John, 188

     
Mona Lisa
(
La Joconde)
, 195

     
Mondale, Walter, 39, 226, 228, 238, 260

     
Moore, Sara Jane, 300

     
More
, 140

     
Morning Joe
, 54

     
Moro, Aldo, 309

     
Mowsesjan, Diana, 81

     
Moyers, Bill, 151, 286–87

     
MSNBC, 53, 75

     
Muscatine, Lissa, 39, 58, 315–16

     
Myers, Dee Dee, 3

     
My Turn
(Nancy Reagan), 129

     
National Cathedral School, 270

     
National Governors Association, 51

     
National Guard, 119, 210

     
National Health Care Reform, 239

     
National Institutes of Health, 186

     
National Park Service, 113, 137

     
National Women’s Conference, 254

     
Naval Academy, U.S., 221, 262

     
Neel, Roy, 171

     
Newhouse News Service, 180

     
Newsweek
, 228

     
New York
, 184

     
New Yorker
, 51

     
New York Post
, 240

     
New York Times
, 34, 51, 52, 179, 240, 258, 262

     
Nicaragua, 234

     
9/11, 19, 77, 164

     
Nixon, Ed, 207, 321

     
Nixon, Pat

         
Betty Ford’s support of, 13–14, 296–97

         
and changes to White House décor, 252–53

         
Christmas gifts of, 77

         
conflict between East and West Wing staff, 26–27, 174–84

         
correspondence with Barbara Bush of, 43

         
death of, 321

         
divorce rumors about, 182

         
early life and courtship of, 205–6

         
on Ford’s pardon, 297

         
foreign trips of, 109–210, 178–79

         
former first ladies’ support for, 77

         
on
Good Housekeeping
’s list of Most Admired Women, 13

         
heart surgery for child arranged by, 186

         
Hillary’s sympathy for, 57