Editing Barbara Bush (section)

=== Advocacy ===
[[File:First Lady Barbara Bush and Princess Diana.jpg|thumb|Bush with [[Princess Diana]] reading a copy of ''[[Millie's Book]]'' in 1990|alt=Bush and Princess Diana are seated on a couch: Diana examines an open copy of Millie's Book while Bush watches.]]
While she was First Lady, Bush continued her work in promoting literacy that she had begun as Second Lady.{{Sfn|Kilian|2002|pp=158–159}} In March 1989, she established the [[Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy]] to promote further literacy programs.{{Sfn|Kilian|2002|pp=160–161}} In 1990, she hosted the ''Mrs. Bush's Storytime'' radio program for ABC, in which she read to children.{{Sfn|Schneider|Schneider|2010|p=335}} Bush was known for the affection she had for her pet [[English Springer Spaniel]], [[Millie (dog)|Millie]], and she wrote the children's book ''[[Millie's Book]]'' about Millie's new litter of puppies in 1990.{{Sfn|Carlin|2016|p=625}} The book was a best-seller, producing earnings of nearly $800,000 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=800,000|start_year=1990|fmt=eq}}). This was more money than any first lady had ever made while serving in the role. She donated the profits to her literacy foundation.{{Sfn|Caroli|2010|p=291}} Bush emphasized the issue of [[adult illiteracy]] in particular, including work to increase literacy among the homeless and the incarcerated. During her time as First Lady, she raised millions of dollars to fund literacy programs, including from large companies such as [[General Motors|GM]] and [[Motorola]].{{Sfn|Page|2019|loc=Chapter 12}} Her interest in the subject broadly affected the administration's education policy: her advocacy contributed to the [[1989 education summit]], and she convinced her husband to end his opposition to the National Literacy Act of 1991, allowing it to be passed into law.{{Sfn|Page|2019|loc=Chapter 12}}

Bush was an advocate for [[AIDS]] patients while First Lady.{{Sfn|Schneider|Schneider|2010|p=335}} The issue was controversial at the time due to its association with the gay community. For this reason, her work on this issue was not as widely publicized.{{Sfn|Page|2019|loc=Chapter 13}} To prevent discrimination against AIDS patients and to challenge misconceptions about its contagiousness, a photograph was published of her hugging a child with AIDS.{{Sfn|Caroli|2010|p=290}}{{Sfn|Kilian|2002|p=162}} In private, she urged her husband to take a stronger stand on the rights of those with AIDS. She compared the discrimination faced by AIDS patients to the discomfort that people expressed when her daughter Robin had leukemia.{{Sfn|Page|2019|loc=Chapter 13}}