University of Virginia Library

Book Of Memoirs

From her time in
Washington, she has compiled
her book of memoirs in which
she remembers "dealing
forthrightly with Eartha Kitt
when the lady made a scene at
a White House Luncheon,
seeing the White House Arts
Festival turned into a shambles
by boycotting artists and those
who could not make up their
minds either way," and sitting
at a luncheon while a petition
was passed around criticizing
her husband's policies as
President.

"There are many things I
would like to see
accomplished," she continued.
"Our goal is a finished project
by 1976, the Bicentennial year.
We want to make this a real
people place."