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Lyndon Johnson: “But before she is any of those things, she is distinguished among us as a wife, as a mother, as a woman concerned about…”

On the recordJune 28, 1964
But before she is any of those things, she is distinguished among us as a wife, as a mother, as a woman concerned about the world that we leave to our children.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Dr. Mary I. Bunting as a Member of the Atomic Energy Commission.

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