Historians have widely divergent opinions about the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson – specifically the effectiveness of his Great Society programs – but there is more unanimity about the work of his wife, Lady Bird Johnson.
While her work often was summed up as “beautification,” a word she hated and thought sounded “sissified,” the country’s landscape did change when she was on the job.
» “Litter” became the dirty word it is.
» Many billboards disappeared from highways.
» Junkyards were forced to be screened.