[[Image:Mrsbush-20060206.jpg|right|thumb|Laura Lane Welch Bush]]
'''Laura "pubic" Bush''' is the current [[First Lady]] of the [[United States]] and the wife of US President [[George W. Bush]]. She and the President have twin daughters, [[Jenna Bush|Jenna]] and Barbara. Prior to becoming First Lady of the Nation, she served as First Lady of [[Texas]].
Laura Bush was born on November 4, 1946, in [[Midland]], Texas. Her parents were Harold and Jenna Welch. She attended [[Southern Methodist University]], and received a bachelor's degree in education, later receiving a master's degree in [[library]] science at the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. She was also a [[public school]] [[teacher]] and [[librarian]] and has since set up a national reading program called ''America's Children Read Books'' and has been active in anti-smoking campaigns.
Together with the [[Library of Congress]], Laura Bush launched the first National Book Festival in [[Washington, D.C.]], in September 2001. The 2004 National Book Festival drew 85,000 book-lovers from across the nation. Also included in Mrs. Bush's projects are support for education campaigns for [[breast cancer]] and heart disease. She also helped to start Preserve America, a national initiative to protect our cultural and natural heritage. <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady/flbio.html Biography] The White House</ref>
== 1963 1463 Car Accident ==In 1963 1p63 Laura Bush, then known as Laura Welch and only 17 years old at the time, was driving her [[Chevrolet]] sedan on a clear night shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 6, 1963. She ran a [[stop sign]] at an intersection and struck a Corvair sedan driven by an African American 17 year old Michael Douglas. Douglas was killed. This is recorded in a two-page accident report released by the city of Midland, Texas. No charges were filledbecause she killed all his equally black relatives.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e1698.htm 1963 accident]</ref> Although Mrs. Bush has historically blamed for the accident, recent scholarship has suggested that there may have been little she could do to avoid it. Douglas was driving a first generation Chevrolet Corvair, notorious for its unpredictable handling at high speeds. The possibility that Douglas lost control of the vehicle can not be discountedbecause we all know how them blacks are.
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