Credit: Barbara Bush didn't hesitate to tell people that her trademark pearl necklaces were fake. Americans liked that everything else about the snowy-haired first lady was real.

Barbara Bush brought plainspoken, grandmotherly style to DC

Barbara Bush brought plainspoken, grandmotherly style to DC

Former first lady Barbara Bush, 1925-2018

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