The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center is one of Austin’s gems DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com First Lady Lady Bird Johnson was a remarkable woman.
It was her money that purchased the family business — a radio station that became KLBJ — and her business skills that sold the ads that kept the station on the air while her husband began his political career.
And she became the first first lady to sponsor legislation — the Keep America Beautiful Act. It’s hard to imagine now, but littering — unrolling your car window to throw paper out of the car — was just how we did it before Lady Bird came along.