Author, Journalist, Speechwriter, Humorist.
Born Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, daughter of Thomas S Sutherland III and Mary Elizabeth Robertson. She married Leslie Scott Carpenter. They had two children, Christy and Scott.
Liz started her career writing for the Washington Post, covering the White House. When JFK was president she went to work as LBJ's press secretary. When LBJ became president, Liz became Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary (1963 to 1969). She is noted for writing the fifty-eight word speech that President Lyndon B. Johnson gave upon his return to Washington after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Liz spent many years working for the Equal Rights Amendment and was a lifelong supporter of women's rights. She even had a cabinet post during the Carter administration. Liz wrote several books and hosted a long running distinguished lectureship at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a yellow dog Democrat and a diehard feminist. She could get anyone to do what she wanted. She threw the best parties. She had a wonderful laugh. She was kind and brash, graceful and brazen, ambitious and motivated.
Born Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, daughter of Thomas S Sutherland III and Mary Elizabeth Robertson. She married Leslie Scott Carpenter. They had two children, Christy and Scott.
Liz started her career writing for the Washington Post, covering the White House. When JFK was president she went to work as LBJ's press secretary. When LBJ became president, Liz became Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary (1963 to 1969). She is noted for writing the fifty-eight word speech that President Lyndon B. Johnson gave upon his return to Washington after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Liz spent many years working for the Equal Rights Amendment and was a lifelong supporter of women's rights. She even had a cabinet post during the Carter administration. Liz wrote several books and hosted a long running distinguished lectureship at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a yellow dog Democrat and a diehard feminist. She could get anyone to do what she wanted. She threw the best parties. She had a wonderful laugh. She was kind and brash, graceful and brazen, ambitious and motivated.
Author, Journalist, Speechwriter, Humorist.
Born Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, daughter of Thomas S Sutherland III and Mary Elizabeth Robertson. She married Leslie Scott Carpenter. They had two children, Christy and Scott.
Liz started her career writing for the Washington Post, covering the White House. When JFK was president she went to work as LBJ's press secretary. When LBJ became president, Liz became Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary (1963 to 1969). She is noted for writing the fifty-eight word speech that President Lyndon B. Johnson gave upon his return to Washington after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Liz spent many years working for the Equal Rights Amendment and was a lifelong supporter of women's rights. She even had a cabinet post during the Carter administration. Liz wrote several books and hosted a long running distinguished lectureship at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a yellow dog Democrat and a diehard feminist. She could get anyone to do what she wanted. She threw the best parties. She had a wonderful laugh. She was kind and brash, graceful and brazen, ambitious and motivated.
Born Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, daughter of Thomas S Sutherland III and Mary Elizabeth Robertson. She married Leslie Scott Carpenter. They had two children, Christy and Scott.
Liz started her career writing for the Washington Post, covering the White House. When JFK was president she went to work as LBJ's press secretary. When LBJ became president, Liz became Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary (1963 to 1969). She is noted for writing the fifty-eight word speech that President Lyndon B. Johnson gave upon his return to Washington after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Liz spent many years working for the Equal Rights Amendment and was a lifelong supporter of women's rights. She even had a cabinet post during the Carter administration. Liz wrote several books and hosted a long running distinguished lectureship at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a yellow dog Democrat and a diehard feminist. She could get anyone to do what she wanted. She threw the best parties. She had a wonderful laugh. She was kind and brash, graceful and brazen, ambitious and motivated.
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