Janna Lou Little was born on November 30, 1944, in Oklahoma City to Reuel and Oteka Little.
Her parents ran a foundation for children who were deaf or had cleft palates.
She was raised in Madill, Oklahoma, attended the Hockaday School, and graduated from Boston University in 1967.
[2] She worked as a French and English teacher as David started his political career.
[3] She announced her divorce from David Boren later that year, finalized it in 1976, and married John Clinton Robbins.