July 27, 2013— -- Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, who filled her husband's seat in the House of Representatives after his plane disappeared and went on to serve 18 years as a tireless advocate for ...

NEW ORLEANS — Lindy Boggs' name is on the abandoned Mid-City medical center, buildings at the University of New Orleans and Tulane, and in the U.S. Capitol. The House named a room off the ...

When Lindy Boggs was appointed as U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican in 1997, her daughter Cokie Roberts, a star journalist for ABC television, teased her by saying, “Mom, you are ...

Lindy Boggs, a Democratic Party doyenne from Louisiana whose charm and political acumen helped her husband rise to U.S. House majority leader and who launched her own congressional and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Lindy Boggs of Louisiana, who used the soft-spoken grace of a plantation lady to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late ...

Lindy Boggs was elected in a special election in 1973, to represent New Orleans' French Quarter. She had a wonderful house there for many years, right on Bourbon Street.

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, a plantation-born Louisianan who used her soft-spoken grace to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late husband ...

Imagine Laura Deichmann Albert's surprise when Lindy Boggs greeted her and her husband, Tom, graciously welcomed them inside and then led them on a tour of her house.

Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, a plantation-born Louisianan who used her soft-spoken grace to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late husband in the House ...

WASHINGTON Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, a plantation-born Louisianan who used her soft-spoken grace to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late husband in ...

Former Rep. Lindy Boggs (D-La.) died on Saturday at the age of 97. Boggs’s daughter, journalist Cokie Roberts, told the Associated Press that Boggs died of natural causes at her home in Chevy ...