The Johnson Years: LBJ at Home and Abroad, Vol. 3 Book

This book was fascinating. It doesn't delve into her politics too much, but is mainly about her family life and background. She has five children that she stayed home to raise and THEN became a member of Congress.

I learned that the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act), which protects someone's job while, for instance, they are on maternity leave, was presented to the first President Bush and that he wouldn't sign it. President Clinton eventually did sign it. I had no idea this was such a recent achievement.

"Whatever their goals in life may be, women can draw strength and confidence from recognizing that there is nothing more important than investing time and love in the next generation as a mother, an aunt, or a mentor.

When I was a full-time mom and housewife, there was a joke circulating that if society started calling us "domestic engineers", maybe the work we did would be recognized for its true value. It always made me sad when I heard women reply to the question, "What do you do?" by saying "I'm just a housewife." Just a housewife?

My message to women is to place a higher value on the experience of being a mother and homemaker. Raising children is saving the world, one child at a time."