First lady Laura Bush plans to continue promoting literacy

Laura Bush said she expects to continue her efforts touting education and literacy through her husband’s presidential library and public policy center being built at Southern Methodist University, her alma mater. In an interview with The Dallas Morning News Wednesday, April 23, 2008, Bush said plans are still in flux, but she’s looking forward to having the George W. Bush Presidential Library complex showcase and promote activities she pursued as first lady.

“I hope that out of both the library and the Bush institute that will be there, I’ll be able to continue working on the issues that are important to me. And part of that is education and literacy, including worldwide and especially the education of girls and women in Afghanistan,” she said. Read more in The Dallas Morning News online.