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| Barbara Pierce Bush | |
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| Born | November 25, 1981 Dallas, Texas |
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| Residence | New York City, New York |
| Parents | George W. Bush Laura Bush |
- For the wife of George H.W. Bush, see Barbara Bush.
Barbara Pierce Bush (born November 25, 1981) is the elder of the fraternal twin daughters of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.
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Education and work
Sister of Jenna Bush, together they are known as the First Twins, both because they are the children of the U.S. President and because they are the first twin children of a sitting president. Barbara is named after her paternal grandmother, former First Lady Barbara Bush. Barbara Bush was born at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.[1]
When the family lived in the Preston Hollow section of Dallas, she and her sister attended Preston Hollow Elementary School; Laura Bush served on Preston Hollow's Parent Teachers Association at that time.[2] Later, she and Jenna attended The Hockaday School in Dallas. When her father became Governor of Texas in 1994, Barbara attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. In 1996, Barbara began attending Austin High School, graduating with the class of 2000. She attended Yale University which is the alma mater of her father, grandfather George H.W. Bush, great-grandfather Prescott Bush, and great-great-great-grandfather James Smith Bush.[3] She graduated from Yale in 2004 with a degree in Humanities.
Barbara lives in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.[4] Recently she has been working for a Smithsonian museum in New York, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.[5][6] Previously, Barbara had been working with AIDS patients in Africa, in Tanzania, South Africa, and Botswana, among other places, through a program sponsored by the Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative[7][8][9][10]
Media coverage
Barbara's graduation from Yale in May 2004 was given heavy media coverage. She and Jenna made several media appearances that summer prior to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, including giving a speech to the Republican Convention on August 31. [11] The two took turns traveling to swing states with their father and also gave a seven-page interview and photo shoot in Vogue.[12] Barbara joined her mother on diplomatic trips to Liberia in January 2006 to attend the inauguration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and to Vatican City to meet with Pope Benedict XVI in February 2006.
See also
- Jenna Bush, twin sister
References
- ^ Whitfield, Jonathan M. (2004-07-17). "Neonatal care at Baylor University Medical Center: You've come a long way, baby!". Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
- ^ Pulle, Matt. "Split Decision", Dallas Observer, January 11, 2007.
- ^ "Bush twins shun spotlight." The Cincinnati Enquirer.
- ^ "SECURE LOCATION". New York Post Online Edition (2006-11-09). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Argetsinger, Amy & Roxanne Roberts."First Twin Jenna Bush may leave D.C. social scene", Washington Post, July 3, 2006.
- ^ Minzesheimer, Bob. Jenna Bush embarks on book 'Journey', USA Today, March 6, 2007.
- ^ Dana Milbank (2004-05-24). "Telephoto Finish: The Bush Twins Graduate From College, and Private Life", Washington Post, p. Page C01. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Jennifer Loven (2005-07-14). "Bush twins not deterred by shutterbugs". Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. "IOL". Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ John Donnelly (2005-07-06). "Bush daughter is said to volunteer in S. Africa", The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ "Bush's Daughter to Intern for Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Clinics in Africa". Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report (2004-05-25). Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ "Remarks by Barbara and Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention". The Washington Post (2004-08-31). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Julia Reed (August 2004). "Jenna and Barbara Bush: Sister Act". Vogue.
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