write and comprehend, everything would be better. reporter: occasionally, there was some controversy. in 1990, when mrs. bush was asked to speak at welsley s commencement ceremony, students protested claiming she wasn t feminist enough. she responded with a speech that brought everyone to their feet. who knows, somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps and preside over the white house as the president s spouse and i wish him well. reporter: that political savviness made him a force on the campaign trail well into her 90s. during the 2016 presidential primaries, mrs. bush gave one of her last television interviews to cnn while stumping for her son, jeb. what do you really think of donald trump? i do not i don t even think about him.
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your real enemies, you go after people who are just a little bit behind, you know, we re on the same team. you know. one thing to me is like you know you have people with the transgender fight has been a big part. i ve been a part of that for 20 years, but if you get it wrong, somebody maybe six months ago didn t know it. they re going to come down. a few colleges have canceled the vagina monologues, because it wasn t feminist enough. how can it be more feminist than a vagina? not every woman who identifies as a woman has a vagina. how about caitlyn jenner? she has a penis. they see a woman forced to wear the full burkha. she can t even look out on the
popular first ladies in recent history, even though she didn t see it that way. why don t you like the word popular? i don t think it s true and i don t know how to cope with it. i just don t like it. i don t want you to stand up and say here comes the least popular woman either. it just makes me very uncomfortable. but she used her platform to raise awareness and hundreds of millions of dollars to benefit the cause. if more people could read, write and comprehend, crime, everything would be better. occasionally, there was some controversy. in 19 the 0 when mrs. bush was asked to speak at wellesley s ceremony saying she wasn t feminist enough. she gave a speech that caused everyone to come to their feet.