Background
Carpenter, Liz was born on September 1, 1920 in Salado, Texas, United States. Daughter of Thomas Shelton and Mary Elizabeth (Robertson) Sutherland.
( Presidential Humor is an entertaining, historic, and am...)
Presidential Humor is an entertaining, historic, and amusing little volume written by that witty and wise woman with a wealth of Washington wisdom and experience. Drawing upon her White House experience and her command of American history, Liz Carpenter makes humor presidential.
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(The press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson and a part of Wa...)
The press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson and a part of Washington's social and political life offers a reflection of her experiences, from youth and career to marriage, motherhood, widowhood, and middle age.
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(A memoir of her service as a vice presidential aide and h...)
A memoir of her service as a vice presidential aide and her White House years as Mrs. Johnson's staff director and press secretary.
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("If you are looking for adventure," I said to Liz, "why d...)
"If you are looking for adventure," I said to Liz, "why don't you go to Mt. Rushmore, attach a bungee cord to Lincoln's wart, and jump!" -- from the foreword by Erma Bombeck Well into her seventies, the indomitable Liz Carpenter took on the task of bringing up three teenagers -- and bring them up she did. Her warm, witty, wonderful, and rambunctious story will make all readers proud to be part of the human race. Unplanned Parenthood relates how she and the kids not only survived it all, but reaped the rewards only one generation can bestow upon another. "This great salty Texan inherits three teenagers in her seventies, and wisecracking firmly gives their lives family structure. She opens your eyes to the new world, 'free of fear, that the old and young of the nineties can seek by being here for each other.' " -- Betty Friedan, Author of The Fountain of Age Unplanned Parenthood is a book that parents and grandparents of all stripes and persuasions will want to read. Humorous, yes, but also revealing about the real trials and tribulations of raising kids in the 1990s and what our society has to offer them. "I was supposed to give this book a quickie plug, preferably with a Texas accent: something along the lines of 'Take on three teenage children at the age of seventy-three? That's enough to drive buzzards off a roadkill. Only the unsinkable Liz Carpenter...' Actually, I found the book both moving and wise. Hell, it made me cry. Yeah, sure Liz is funny. Liz is always funny. But Liz is not always funny, moving, and wise. That is why this book is good value for money." -- Molly Ivins, political columnist
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Carpenter, Liz was born on September 1, 1920 in Salado, Texas, United States. Daughter of Thomas Shelton and Mary Elizabeth (Robertson) Sutherland.
BJ, University Texas, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Mount Vernon College. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Austin College.
Reporter Uttar Pradesh, Philadelphia, 1944-1945. Proprietor with husband of news bureau representing national newspapers Washington, 1945-1961. Executive assistant to Vice President Lyndon Johnson The White House, 1961-1963, president secretary, staff director to The First Lady, 1963-1969.
Vice president Hill & Knowlton, Inc., Washington, 1972-1976. Consultant Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas. Assistant secretary for public affairs United States Department Education, 1980-1981.
Co-chairman ERAmerica, 1976-1981. Director National Wildflower Research Center.
(The press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson and a part of Wa...)
( Presidential Humor is an entertaining, historic, and am...)
(A memoir of her service as a vice presidential aide and h...)
("If you are looking for adventure," I said to Liz, "why d...)
(Warm story of a simple girl who found adventure in the Wh...)
Member National Women's Political Caucus (founding member 1971), Women's National Press (president 1954-1955), Alpha Phi, Theta Sigma Phi (National Headliners award 1962), Press Club (Washington), Headliners Club (Headliner award), University Club (Austin).
Married Leslie Carpenter, June 17, 1944 (deceased). Children: Scott Sutherland, Christy.