Barbara Bush

Among the many causes she is involved with, arguably the most important to Mrs. Bush is the fight for literacy. In 1989, she helped develop the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.

She regularly appeared on "Mrs. Bush's Story Time," a national radio program that stresses the importance of reading aloud to children and authored two books, C. Fred's Story and the best-selling Millie's Book , whose profits benefited the literacy cause. Most recently, she wrote Barbara Bush: A Memoir , her best-selling autobiography emphasizing the importance of family, faith, and friends.