JENNA BUSH

'Jenna Welch Bush' (born November 25, 1981 in Dallas, TX at Baylor University Medical Center) is an author and school teacher who is the daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush as well as the fraternal twin of Barbara Bush. Jenna and Barbara are known as the first First Twins both because they are the children of the US President and because they are the first twin children of a sitting President. She is currently engaged^[2] to her boyfriend of two years, Henry Hager, a former White House aide and University of Virginia graduate student.

Contents

Early life and education

2004 U.S. Presidential election

Career

Teaching career

Bibliography

Personal life

Engagement

See also

Further reading

References

External links

Early life and education

Jenna Bush was born on November 25, 1981 in Dallas, Texas. She is named after her maternal grandmother, Jenna Hawkins.
Jenna attended several primary and secondary schools. When she lived in Dallas, Texas, she and her sister attended Preston Hollow Elementary School. When her father became the Governor of Texas in 1994, Jenna attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. Jenna attended Austin High School from 1996 until her graduation in 2000. She attended the University of Texas at Austin where she was a legacy member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority (her mother, First Lady Laura Bush, is also a Theta). On April 29 2001 Jenna was charged with a Class C misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of alcohol in Austin, Texas.^[3] On May 29 2001 Jenna was charged with another misdemeanor—attempting to use a fake ID (with the name ''Barbara Pierce'', her paternal grandmother's maiden name) to purchase alcohol. She pleaded no contest to both misdemeanors.^[4] Jenna graduated in 2004 from UT with a degree in English.

2004 U.S. Presidential election

Jenna had asked her father not to run for president in 2000. "Oh, I just wish you wouldn't run. It's going to change our life." Her father told her that he and her mother needed to live their lives.^[5] However, in the Winter of 2003, Jenna decided she wanted to become involved in the 2004 campaign.^[5] In response to this decision, Jenna made media appearances during the summer of 2004 prior to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election when she and Barbara made several public appearances, including giving a speech to the Republican Convention on August 31, 2004.^[7] Jenna was also found sticking her tongue out to media photographers at a campaign stop in St. Louis. Jenna and Barbara took turns traveling to swing states with their father and also gave a seven-page interview and photo shoot in ''Vogue'' magazine.^[8] The media also extensively covered the campaigning of John Kerry's daughters Vanessa and Alexandra, making the "battle of the daughters" a human interest element of the campaign.

Career

Teaching career

Before leaving Washington, D.C. in Summer 2006, Bush taught at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School for a year and a half.^[9] She is currently teaching at a shelter several days a week as part of an internship for UNICEF's Educational Policy Department in Latin America, specifically in Panama.^[10][11]

Bibliography

In 2007, she began marketing a book proposal with assistance of Robert B. Barnett, a Washington attorney.^[12] The title of the book is ''Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope'', and will chronicle her experiences working with UNICEF sponsored charities in Latin America, including visiting drought stricken Paraguay in 2006.^[13][14][15] HarperCollins announced in March 2007 it will publish the book, set for release September 28, 2007, with an initial printing of 500,000 copies.^[16] The book will be published in a HarperCollins division named HarperTeen.^[17] Bush is currently writing a second book, in conjunction with her mother, which is designed to encourage children to read.^[18]

Personal life

Engagement

On August 15, 2007, Jenna became engaged to her boyfriend of two years, Henry Hager, whom she met during her father's 2004 presidential campaign.^[2] Their relationship became public when the two appeared together at a White House dinner for Prince Charles and Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall in November 2005. Earlier that year, in February, Laura Bush had commented that Hager was not a "serious boyfriend" of Jenna's. Hard-partying presidential daughter Jenna on the bridal path After Hager was granted permission by the President to marry Jenna, Hager proposed to her at the Bush compound in Kennebunkport, Maine.^[20] No wedding date or site has been decided yet. Jenna and Henry: Now They're Really, Really Official ^[21]
Hager is currently a graduate student in business administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. A Wake Forest University graduate, Hager worked as a U.S. Department of Commerce aide for Carlos Gutierrez and as a White House aide for Karl Rove.^[22] He is the son of Virginia Republican Party Chairman John H. Hager, who previously served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and as the U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary under George W. Bush.^[23]

See also

★ Barbara Pierce Bush, twin sister.

★ First Lady Laura Bush, mother.

★ President George W. Bush, father.

★ former First Lady Barbara Bush, grandmother.

★ former President George H.W. Bush, grandfather.

Further reading

★ Bush, Jenna (2007). ''Ana's Story--A Journey of Hope''. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06137-908-5

References

1. Bush's daughter Jenna engaged to Henry Hager
2. Jenna Bush is engaged to be married
3. Judge to hear Jenna Bush underage drinking cases Friday
4. Alcohol sentence for Bush daughter
5. "All In The Family: The Bush Twins Join the Team", ''Newsweek'', November 15, 2004.
6. "All In The Family: The Bush Twins Join the Team", ''Newsweek'', November 15, 2004.
7. Remarks by Barbara and Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention
8. Jenna and Barbara Bush: Sister Act, Julia Reed, , , Vogue,
9. Argetsinger, Amy & Roxanne Roberts."First Twin Jenna Bush may leave D.C. social scene", ''Washington Post'', July 3, 2006.
10. Getlin, Josh. "Jenna Bush to pen book on single mother with HIV", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 6, 2007.
11. Brunskill, Mary K. "HarperCollins Announces Publication Of Jenna Bush's Book For Teens", ''All Headline News'', March 6, 2007.
12. Paul Bedard. Washington Whispers, U.S. News & World Report, January 19, 2007.
13. Getlin, Josh. "Jenna Bush to pen book on single mother with HIV"Second Website, ''Los Angeles Times'', March 6, 2007.
14. Maul, Kimberly. "First Daughter Jenna Bush Shopping Book", ''The Book Standard'', January 22, 2007.
15. Kelly, Keith. "1ST BOOK FOR FIRST DAUGHTER", ''New York Post'', January 20, 2007.
16. Minzesheimer, Bob. "Jenna Bush embarks on book 'Journey'", ''USA Today'', March 6, 2007.
17. HarperTeen website's book description of Ana's Story--A Journey of Hope, ISBN: 9780061379086
18. Agence France-Presse. "Jenna Bush engaged" ''Australian Herald Sun'', August 16, 2007.
19. Jenna Bush is engaged to be married
20. Jenna gonna wed ex-Rove intern
21. White House Wedding in the Works?
22. First daughter Jenna Bush announes engagement to longtime boyfriend
23. Jenna Bush engaged to be married

External links

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★ Jenna Bush at the Internet Movie Database