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'Barbara Pierce Bush' (born November 25 1981 in Dallas, Texas) is the elder of the fraternal twin daughters of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.

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Education and Work Life

Media coverage

References

See also

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Education and Work Life

Sister of Jenna Bush, together they are known as the first First Twins both because they are the children of the U.S. President and because they are the first twin children of a sitting President. Barbara is named after her paternal grandmother, former First Lady Barbara Bush. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Humanities.

When she lived in the Preston Hollow section of Dallas, she and her sister attended Preston Hollow Elementary School; Laura Bush served on Preston Hollow's Parent Teachers Association while the Bush twins attended Preston Hollow.^[1] When her father became Governor of Texas in 1994, Barbara attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. In 1996, Barbara began attending Austin High School, graduating with the class of 2000. Barbara was charged with a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of alcohol in Austin, Texas. She pleaded no contest.^[2] She followed her father's legacy by choosing to attend Yale University, the alma mater of her father, grandfather George H.W. Bush, great-grandfather Prescott Bush and great-great-great-grandfather James Smith Bush. She graduated from Yale in 2004 with a degree in humanities.
Barbara lives in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.^[3] Recently Barbara has been working with a Smithsonian museum in New York, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.^[4][5] Previously, Barbara had been working with AIDS patients in Africa, in Tanzania, South Africa, and Botswana among other places, through a program sponsored by the Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative^[6][7][8][9]

Media coverage

Barbara's graduation from Yale in May 2004 was given heavy media coverage. Barbara and Jenna made several media appearances during the summer of 2004 prior to the 2004 US Presidential election including giving a speech to the Republican Convention on August 31 ^[10] Barbara and Jenna took turns traveling to swing states with their father and also gave a seven-page interview and photo shoot in ''Vogue'' magazine.^[11] The media also extensively covered the campaigning of John Kerry's daughters Vanessa and Alexandra, making the "battle of the daughters" a human interest element of the campaign. Barbara joined her mother on diplomatic trips to Liberia in January 2006 to attend the inauguration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and to Vatican City to meet with Pope Benedict XVI in February 2006.

References

1. Pulle, Matt. "Split Decision", ''Dallas Observer'', January 11, 2007.
2. Misdemeanor Notice 8-0006903
3. SECURE LOCATION
4. Argetsinger, Amy & Roxanne Roberts."First Twin Jenna Bush may leave D.C. social scene", ''Washington Post'', July 3, 2006.
5. Minzesheimer, Bob. Jenna Bush embarks on book 'Journey', USA Today, March 6, 2007.
6. Telephoto Finish: The Bush Twins Graduate From College, and Private Life
7. Bush twins not deterred by shutterbugs Jennifer Loven
8. Bush daughter is said to volunteer in S. Africa
9. Bush's Daughter to Intern for Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Clinics in Africa
10. Remarks by Barbara and Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention
11. Jenna and Barbara Bush: Sister Act, Julia Reed, , , Vogue,

See also

★ Jenna Bush, twin sister

★ Laura Bush, mother

★ President George W. Bush, father

★ former First Lady Barbara Bush, grandmother

★ former President George H.W. Bush, grandfather

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★ Bush's Kids versus Gore's Kids