Barbara Bush's White Hair Was Never About AGE. It Started At 28 Beside Her Daughter's Hospital BED

Barbara Bush's White Hair Was Never About AGE. It Started At 28 Beside Her Daughter's Hospital BED America remembered Barbara Bush as the grandmother of the nation. The white hair, the fake pearls, the sharp one-liners, the wife of one president and the mother of another. But the white hair did not come from age. In the spring of 1953, in Midland, Texas, a pediatrician looked at the blood tests of her three-year-old daughter, Robin, and gave advice Barbara would remember for the rest of her life. Take her home. Tell no one. Let her slip away. The family flew to New York instead. For seven months Barbara sat beside a hospital bed and allowed no one to cry in front of the child. Back in Texas, her seven-year-old son went to school every day believing his sister would come home. Sixty-four years later, Barbara was buried beside a little grave that had already been moved once. It all started with a letter that opens, "There is about our house a need." Chapters: 00:00 — The empty back seat 03:06 — ACT I — THE RISE 07:05 — ACT II — THE FACADE 11:48 — ACT III — THE CRACK 17:02 — ACT IV — THE RECKONING 20:39 — ACT V — THE AFTERMATH Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons and the U.S. National Archives. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This channel incorporates copyrighted material under the principles of Fair Use as recognized by U.S. law. Under Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act, certain uses of copyrighted works such as for analysis, commentary, educational purposes, research, and reporting are permitted without prior authorization from the copyright holder. Sources Pauline Robinson Bush, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline... Barbara Bush remembers her daughter, TODAY — https://www.today.com/parents/barbara... The Matriarch, Susan Page, interview with CBS News — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-matr... George H. W. Bush's 1958 letter about Robin, Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-h-w... Barbara Bush, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara... #documentary #history #BarbaraBush #firstlady