Betty Ford
✓ Source-basedfallingFirst Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
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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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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 5
In their orbit 5
Connected to Betty 6
Marlo ThomasAlso won Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
Eunice Kennedy ShriverAlso won Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
Joe LouisAlso won Congressional Gold Medal
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.Also won Congressional Gold Medal
Helen ThomasAlso won Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
Maurice HillemanAlso won Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service AwardAbout this person
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. She was also Second Lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974, when her husband was vice president.
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United StatesCategory
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Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 2011 · aged 93
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