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Posted by request - please note this information about the TLA conference Deborah Littrell Liz Carpenter! Cokie Roberts is in Rome covering recent events. We regret she can't be here, but we have a wonderful speaker for you instead! TLA is proud to announce that Liz Carpenter - an absolutely hilarious and still powerful journalist and speaker today is our General Session I speaker. Hailed as one of the list of women in the book Famous Women of Austin History, Liz Carpenter is a unique force in American politics. Carpenter, born in Salado, Texas, started her career as a political journalist covering the Franklin D. Roosevelt White House for the Austin American-Statesman. She became a speechwriter for Lyndon B. Johnson while he was Vice President, most notably drafting the 58 words used by Johnson upon his return to Washington after the assassination of President Kennedy. During the LBJ administration, she served as press secretary and chief of staff for Lady Bird Johnson. Carpenter later became active in the women's movement. She helped found the Texas Women's Political Caucus in 1971, and traveled the country campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment. She is also well-known for her sharp and ever present wit. In 1983, The University of Texas Board of Regents established the Liz Carpenter Lectureship. The lecture series has brought such distinguished speakers as Maya Angelou, Gerald Ford, and Bill Clinton to the university. Carpenter is also the author of many magazine articles and five books, including Getting Better all the Time, Start with a Laugh, and Unplanned Parenthood: Confessions of a Seventy-Something Surrogate Mother. She continues to write, and remains a sought-after public speaker.
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