Barbara Bush nació el 8 de junio de 1925 en Nueva York, Nueva York, EE.UU.. Estuvo casada con George Bush. Murió el 17 de abril de 2018 en Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos.
She and Abigail Adams were the only women, so far, in American history who have been the wife of one president and the mother of another president. First Lady Anna Elizabeth (Symmes) Harrison was the only woman to have been both the wife of a U.S. president (William Henry Harrison) and the grandmother of a U.S. president (Benjamin Harrison).