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{{Short description|American activist}}
{{about|the daughter of George W. Bush|his mother and her grandmother|Barbara Bush}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Barbara Bush
| image = Barbara Bush, Philanthropy Summit 2016 (3x4a).jpg
| caption = Bush in 2016
| birth_name = Barbara Pierce Bush
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1981|11|25}}
| birth_place = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])
| occupation = Health care activist
| years_active = 2000–present
| boards = [[Global Health Corps]]
| party = [[Independent voter|Independent]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Craig Coyne|October 7, 2018}}
| children = 2
| parents = {{plain list|
* [[George W. Bush]]
* [[Laura Bush]]
}}
| family = [[Bush family]]
}}
'''Barbara Pierce Bush''' (born November 25, 1981) is an American activist and author. She co-founded and is the chair of the board of the nonprofit organization [[Global Health Corps]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ghcorps.org/why-were-here/board-members/ |website=[[Global Health Corps]] official website |title=Board of Directors |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806135347/https://ghcorps.org/why-were-here/board-members/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She and her [[Twin#Dizygotic (fraternal) twins|fraternal twin]] sister, [[Jenna Bush Hager|Jenna]], are the daughters of the 43rd U.S. president, [[George W. Bush]], and former first lady [[Laura Bush]]. She is also a granddaughter of the 41st U.S. president, [[George H. W. Bush]], and former first lady [[Barbara Bush]], after whom she is named.
==Early life and education ==
[[File:Bush daughters.png|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Barbara (right) with her parents, [[George W. Bush]] and [[Laura Bush]] and her sister, [[Jenna Bush Hager|Jenna]], in 1990]]
Barbara Pierce Bush was born on November 25, 1981 at [[Baylor University Medical Center]] in [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref>{{cite journal|pmc=1200659|title=Neonatal care at Baylor University Medical Center: You've come a long way, baby!|journal=Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)|volume=17|issue=3|pages=251–254|date=July 17, 2004|last=Whitfield|first=Jonathan M.|doi=10.1080/08998280.2004.11927976|pmid=16200107}}</ref> When the family lived in the [[Preston Hollow, Dallas, Texas|Preston Hollow]] section of Dallas, she and her twin sister, [[Jenna Bush Hager|Jenna]], attended [[Preston Hollow Elementary School]]; Laura Bush served on Preston Hollow's Parent-Teacher Association at that time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pulle|first=Matt|title=Split Decision|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/split-decision-6377250|newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]]|date=January 11, 2007|access-date=April 21, 2018}}</ref> Later, Barbara and Jenna attended [[The Hockaday School]] in Dallas. When her father became [[Governor of Texas]] in 1994, Barbara attended [[St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Austin, Texas)|St. Andrew's Episcopal School]] in [[Austin, Texas]]. She began [[Austin High School (Austin, Texas)|Austin High School]] in 1996, graduating with the class of 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://quest.cjonline.com/stories/040400/gen_private.shtml|title=Bush used private school option|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=April 4, 2000|access-date=August 22, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805010842/http://quest.cjonline.com/stories/040400/gen_private.shtml|archive-date=August 5, 2009}}</ref> Barbara graduated from [[Yale University]], where she was a member of [[Kappa Alpha Theta]],<ref>{{citation |date=August 30, 2004 |title=Party Girls |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/rnc/9699/ |first=Vanessa |last=Grigoriadis |publisher=New York Magazine |accessdate=2008-01-05 |archive-date=December 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222110159/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/rnc/9699/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with a bachelor of arts degree in Humanities and earned a [[Master in Public Administration]] from [[Harvard Kennedy School]] as a fellow with the Center for Public Leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.wsb.com/speakers/barbara-pierce-bush/|title= Barbara Pierce Bush|author= <!--Not stated-->|date= |website= [[Washington Speakers Bureau]]|publisher= [[Omnicom Group]]|access-date= October 30, 2024|archive-date= June 15, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240615100507/https://www.wsb.com/speakers/barbara-pierce-bush/|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Smithsonian and activism in Africa==
She worked for the [[Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum]], a subsidiary of the [[Smithsonian Institution]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Argetsinger|first1=Amy|first2=Roxanne|last2=Roberts|url=http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20060703/news_lz1n3nowread.html|title=First Twin Jenna Bush may leave D.C. social scene|newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=July 3, 2006|access-date=April 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422062326/http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20060703/news_lz1n3nowread.html|archive-date=April 22, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-03-05-jenna-bush_N.htm/|last=Minzesheimer|first=Bob|title=Jenna Bush embarks on book 'Journey'|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=March 6, 2007|access-date=April 21, 2018|archive-date=April 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420073102/https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-03-05-jenna-bush_N.htm/|url-status=live}}</ref> Previously, she had been working with [[AIDS]] patients in [[Africa]]: [[Tanzania]], [[South Africa]], and [[Botswana]], among other places, through a program sponsored by the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]-based [[Baylor College of Medicine]]'s International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50537-2004May23.html|title=Telephoto Finish: The Bush Twins Graduate From College, and Private Life|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 24, 2004|author=Dana Milbank|page=C01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1121318105164R131|title=Bush twins not deterred by shutterbugs|date=July 14, 2005|author=Jennifer Loven|work=Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. "IOL"|access-date=January 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615021453/http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1|archive-date=June 15, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2005/07/06/bush_daughter_is_said_to_volunteer_in_s_africa/?page=full|title=Bush daughter is said to volunteer in S. Africa|author=John Donnelly|date=July 6, 2005|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=April 21, 2018|archive-date=August 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804155640/http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2005/07/06/bush_daughter_is_said_to_volunteer_in_s_africa/?page=full|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=May 25, 2004|url=https://khn.org/morning-breakout/dr00023889/|work=Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report|title=Bush's Daughter to Intern for Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Clinics in Africa|access-date=April 21, 2018}}</ref> Her interest in the issue began when she went to Africa with her parents to launch President Bush's [[President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief|Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief]] (PEPFAR).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Are George W. Bush's 2 Daughters? All About Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager |url=https://people.com/politics/all-about-george-bush-daughters-barbara-jenna/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=People magazine |language=en}}</ref>
== Global Health Corps ==
Barbara is the co-founder and president of a public health-focused nonprofit, [[Global Health Corps]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/3337-george-bushs-daughter-barbara-to-discuss-global-health-at-the-national-press-club|title=In The Know|newspaper=The Hill|date=November 27, 2013|access-date=December 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412225446/http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/3337-george-bushs-daughter-barbara-to-discuss-global-health-at-the-national-press-club|archive-date=April 12, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Global Health Corps provides opportunities for young professionals from diverse backgrounds to work on the front lines of the fight for global [[health equity]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission & Vision|url=http://ghcorps.org/why-were-here/mission-vision/|publisher=[[Global Health Corps]]|access-date=July 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202073159/http://ghcorps.org/why-were-here/mission-vision/|archive-date=December 2, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, Global Health Corps won a Draper Richards Foundation Fellowship, and Bush was made a 2009 Echoing Green fellow for her work with Global Health Corps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.draperrichards.org/fellows/globalhealth.html|title=www.draperrichards.org|publisher=Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation |access-date=July 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103015947/http://www.draperrichards.org/fellows/globalhealth.html|archive-date=January 3, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://echoinggreen.org/fellow/barbara-bush/|title=Barbara Bush|website=Echoing Green|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> Bush was also chosen as one of the 14 speakers selected from an applicant pool of 1,500 to speak at the [[TED (conference)|TEDx Brooklyn]] event in December 2010, where she spoke about Global Health Corps.<ref>[https://blog.ted.com/7-tedxtalks-from-women-making-change-to-get-you-ready-for-tedxwomen/ 7 TEDxTalks from women making change to get you ready for TEDxWomen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505040940/http://blog.ted.com/7-tedxtalks-from-women-making-change-to-get-you-ready-for-tedxwomen/ |date=May 5, 2017 }} [[TED (conference)|TED]] blog, November 30, 2012, Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref>
==Political activity==
In 2011, Bush released a video with the [[Human Rights Campaign]], the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ([[LGBT]]) civil rights organization, calling on [[New York State]] to legalize [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKqr230U9M Barbara Bush for HRC's NYers for Marriage Equality], HRCMedia on [[YouTube]]</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last=Barbaro|first=Michael|date=January 31, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/us/politics/01bush.html?_r=1&hpw|title=Bush's Daughter, in a Break, Endorses Gay Marriage|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 21, 2018|archive-date=May 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514095430/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/us/politics/01bush.html?_r=1&hpw|url-status=live}}</ref> "I am Barbara Bush, and I am a New Yorker for marriage equality," she said in the brief message, sponsored by an advocacy group. "New York is about fairness and equality. And everyone should have the right to marry the person that they love.'"<ref name=NYT/> Bush joined other children of prominent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politicians—including [[Meghan McCain]] and [[Mary Cheney]]—in endorsing [[same-sex marriage in the United States|gay marriage]].<ref name=NYT/>
Bush's graduation from Yale in May 2004 was given heavy media coverage. She and Jenna made several media appearances that summer prior to the [[2004 US Presidential election|2004 U.S. presidential election]], including giving a speech to the [[2004 Republican National Convention|Republican Convention]] on August 31.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51005-2004Aug31.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Remarks by Barbara and Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention|date=August 31, 2004|access-date=April 21, 2018|archive-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630041716/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51005-2004Aug31.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She and Jenna took turns traveling to [[swing state]]s with their father and also gave a seven-page interview and photo shoot in [[Vogue magazine|''Vogue'']].<ref name=vogue>{{cite journal|url=http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/071404/page2.html|title=Jenna and Barbara Bush: Sister Act|author=Julia Reed|journal=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=August 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220131812/http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/071404/page2.html |archive-date=December 20, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[CBS News]]|date=July 16, 2004|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bush-twins-coming-out-party/|title=The Bush Twins' Coming Out Party|access-date=April 21, 2018|archive-date=April 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422072218/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bush-twins-coming-out-party/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jenna later confirmed that she and Barbara both had developed a friendship with [[John Kerry]]'s daughters, [[Alexandra Kerry|Alexandra]] and [[Vanessa Kerry|Vanessa]], who had similarly campaigned on behalf of their own father (who was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for president).<ref>[https://www.today.com/video/jenna-describes-friendship-with-john-kerry-s-daughters-during-2004-campaign-95378501690 "Jenna describes friendship with John Kerry’s daughters during 2004 campaign"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212810/https://www.today.com/video/jenna-describes-friendship-with-john-kerry-s-daughters-during-2004-campaign-95378501690 |date=September 20, 2021 }}, today.com, 5 Nov 2020, accessed 19 Sept 2021</ref> Bush joined her mother on diplomatic trips to [[Liberia]] in January 2006 to attend the inauguration of President [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/living/family/moms/article3829705.html|author=Sandra Baker|date=December 9, 2011|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|title=Three companies honored as top workplaces for women in Fort Worth|access-date=April 21, 2018|archive-date=April 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422062540/http://www.star-telegram.com/living/family/moms/article3829705.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and to [[Vatican City]] to meet with [[Pope Benedict XVI]] in February 2006.
Unlike most of her relatives (but like her twin sister Jenna), Bush is not a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. In 2010, Bush and her sister told ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' that they preferred not to identify with any political party, stating, "We're both very independent thinkers."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/the-bush-twins-on-their-own-vol-73-no-19/|title=The Bush Twins On Their Own|author=Sobieraj Westfall, Sandra|magazine=People Magazine|date=May 17, 2010|volume=73|number=19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/george-w-bushs-daughters-are-not-republicans-2014-9|title=George W. Bush's Daughters Are Not Republicans|author=Campbell, Colin|work=Business Insider|date=September 4, 2014|access-date=April 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/5/bush-daughters-decline-republican-label-were-both-/|title=Bush daughters decline Republican label: 'We're both very independent'|author=Chumley, Cheryl K.|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=September 5, 2014|access-date=April 21, 2018}}</ref>
In October 2024, Bush [[List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign non-political endorsements|endorsed]] and campaigned for Democratic presidential nominee [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kuchar |first1=Savannah |title='Hopeful they'll move our country forward': George W. Bush's daughter campaigns for Harris |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/29/barbara-bush-daughter-harris-campaign/75912669007/ |access-date=29 October 2024 |work=USA Today |date=October 29, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Bush and her sister authored the memoir ''Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life'', published in 2017.
On October 7, 2018, Bush married screenwriter Craig Louis Coyne in a private ceremony at the [[Bush compound|Bush family compound]] in [[Kennebunkport, Maine]], with only 20 people attending. It was held then in part so that Bush's grandfather, [[George H. W. Bush]], whose health was on the decline at the time (and would [[Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush|die]] a month later), could attend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc13.com/4440023/|title=Former first daughter Barbara Bush marries Craig Coyne|date=October 8, 2018|website=ABC13 Houston|language=en|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207145637/https://abc13.com/4440023/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/barbara-bush-shares-why-her-wedding-was-everything-we-wanted-t140517|title=Barbara Bush shares why her wedding was 'everything we wanted'|website=[[TODAY.com|Today]]|date=October 24, 2018 |language=en|access-date=December 7, 2018}}</ref> They held an additional wedding reception six months later in April 2019 with 100 guests.<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]] |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a27154502/barbara-bush-second-wedding-craig-coyne-george-bush-ranch/ |date=April 15, 2019 |first=Caroline |last=Hallemann |access-date=August 7, 2019 |title=George W. Bush's Daughter Barbara Had a Second Wedding at Her Family's Ranch This Weekend |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807172950/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a27154502/barbara-bush-second-wedding-craig-coyne-george-bush-ranch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their daughter was born on September 27, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/574300-george-w-bush-welcomes-fourth-grandchild|title=George W. Bush welcomes fourth grandchild|work=The Hill|first=Judy|last=Kurtz|date=September 28, 2021|accessdate=September 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Surprise! Barbara Pierce Bush had a second child |url=https://www.today.com/parents/celebrity/barbara-pierce-bush-second-child-rcna165298 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=TODAY.com |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806043204/https://www.today.com/parents/celebrity/barbara-pierce-bush-second-child-rcna165298 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their son was born on August 4, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/parents/celebrity/barbara-pierce-bush-second-child-rcna165298 |title=Surprise! Barbara Pierce Bush welcomes second child }}</ref>
==Works==
*{{cite book|last1=Bush|first1=Barbara Pierce|last2=Bush Hager|first2=Jenna|title=Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life|date=2017|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|___location=New York|isbn=9781538711415|oclc=972386724|title-link=Sisters First}}
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons and category|Barbara Pierce Bush (1981)|Barbara Pierce Bush}}
*[https://archive.today/20130415010234/http://ghcorps.org/about-us/staff Archived profile page] at [[Global Health Corps]] (from April 2013)
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