04-18-2018, 10:44 AM
(04-18-2018, 10:25 AM)Maggot Wrote: She was a fine lady and lived a very good life. She lived quite a long time considering she smoked quite a bit.
I didn't know that til last night either. One of the news pieces said she smoked for 30 years before she quit in 1968.
Along with all her work to promote literacy, I also really admired her hands-on work with AIDS patients.
The Reagans avoided addressing the AIDS epidemic at the time. When George H got elected, Barbara Bush got herself educated on the disease and visited with AIDS patients. She helped end the stigma and fear that just touching them could give one AIDS.