Lady Bird Johnson died today at age 94, leaving behind a legacy that should be admired by women for years to come. Johnson died of natural causes in her Seton Hospital in Austin.

Johnson spent her life working to better the environment. She was responsible for planting thousands of trees and plants in the D.C. area. She also expanded D.C.’s trademark cherry blossoms. You should definitely check out those if you ever get a chance to go to D.C. in March or April. They’re fabulous and absolutely breathtaking. If you have a significant other, take them because boy the blossoms have a romantic air about them.

According to an article from the Chicago Tribune, back home in Austin, the Texas capital, she founded a large botanical garden that would later be named the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, dedicated to the preservation of the state’s wildflowers and native plants.

She also worked to have more greenery on America’s highways, after becoming sick of all of the junkyards and billboards littering the sides of the roads. She truly did care about the environment, and especially how the U.S. environment looked to its citizens. She enacted a $320 million Highway Beautification Act in 1965 in which she made speeches and lobbied in Congress for its passage. The fact that Lady Bird fought hard for what she wanted makes her someone I’ll definitely look up to for a long time.

Johnson earned the nickname “Lady Bird” when a nanny took one look at Claudia (her real name) and said she was “as pretty as a lady bird.”

As women, Lady Bird paved the way for us to aspire to greatness as American women.