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Barbara Bush, First Lady and Literacy Champion, Took a Bold Approach to the AIDS Epidemic

George Bush Presidential Library
George and Barbara Bush in Houston, Texas on the night George Bush was elected to Congress.

“The image of the First Lady of the United States holding to her chest a dying child really reworked the entire notion of AIDS for many people around the country.”