Betty Ford
First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1918 to 2011 · aged 93
Elizabeth Anne Ford was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of President Gerald Ford. As first lady, she was active in social policy, and set a precedent as a politically active presidential spouse.
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2013National Women's Hall of FameAward2011Died8 July 20112000Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service AwardAward1991Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1987Michigan Women's Hall of FameAward1918Born8 April 1918
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Bloomer in 1936; at age 18
Betty and Gerald Ford on their wedding day, 1948
Betty and Gerald Ford join Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Eisenhower at a Grand Rapids, Michigan, event for Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1952 presidential campaign.
The Fords with their children in 1959
Ford (third from left) and her family in the Oval Office of the White House in 1974
The Fords pose with President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon on October 13, 1973, the day after President Nixon nominated Ford to be appointed as his new vice president.
The Frankie Welch-designed dress that Ford wore to her husband's swearing-in as vice presidentAwards
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She was also Second Lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974, when her husband was vice president.
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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 1918 to 2011 · aged 93
