THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

LBJ MUSEUM

LBJ Museum’s Chautauqua features Liz Carpenter’s journey from journalist to women’s rights activist

Liz Carpenter was a Washington D.C. mover and shaker that started her career as a political journalist in the 1940s, shifted to advising Lyndon Baines Johnson — while he was vice president, then was press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson all before becoming a key figure in the fight for women’s rights in the 70s and beyond. Her daughter, Christy Carpenter, has created a documentary about her mother — Shaking it Up: the Life and Times of Liz Carpenter — and was the keynote speaker at the LBJ Museum’s recent Summer Chautauqua.