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Lynda Robb was born on March 19, 1944 in Washington D.C. At the time, her father was a Congressman representing Texas's 10th district in the House. She attended high school at the National Cathedral School for Girls, in Washington, DC and later obtained her BA from the University of Texas at Austin. She was just 19 when her father became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
As a young first daughter, her social life was often the subject of media interest. She was engaged to Bernard Rosenbach, but broke off the engagement. Shortly thereafter she met the George Hamilton, in 1966 and the young power couple began dating. At the time, in the wake of the Kennedy assassination and national protests of the Vietnam war, it was decided that the couple required Secret Service protection and the couple were one of the first to be protected by Secret Service agents.
Her relationship with Hamilton ended and in 1967 Lynda married her husband U.S. Marine Corps Captain Charles S. Robb in a ceremony that took place in the East Room of the White House in 1967. The wedding was officiated by the Right Reverend Gerald Nicholas McAllister. At the time, the Vietnam War was ongoing, and her husband served with distinction in Vietnam. Charles Robb would later become Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (from 1978 to 19 82), which made Lynda the Second Lady of Virginia. Later, Robb was elected to a term as Governor of Virginia (from 1982 to 1986), and Lynda became Virgina's First Lady. Robb went on to serve two terms as U.S. Senator from Virginia.
On May 9, 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed Lynda Robb to chair the President's Advisory Committee for Women. The committee had thirty members and it's mandate was to promote equality for women in the cultural, social, economic, and political life of the United States. From 1996 to 2001, she also served as Chairman of the Board of "Reading is Fundamental", the nation's largest children's literacy organization. She continues to serve the organization as Chairman Emerita. She was also a contributing editor to Ladies Home Journal magazine from 1969 to 1981. and she now serves on the Board of Directors of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
In addition to the Bachelor of Arts she obtained, Lynda Robb holds an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Washington and Lee University and Norwich University.
Lynda Robb is the mother of three daughters: Lucinda Desha Robb (born in 1968), Catherine Lewis Robb (born in 1970) and Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (born in 1978).
In 2004, Lynda Bird attended the State funeral of former President Ronald Reagan, on behalf of her mother, Lady Bird Johnson, who was unable to attend because of poor health. She again represented her mother at the State funeral of former President Gerald Ford, who died December 26, 2006.
She now holds the honor of being the oldest living child of a U.S. President, obtaining that place following the death of John Eisenhower on December 21, 2013.