[3], On August 9, 1974, after the resignation of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford ascended to the position of president of the United States,[12] and Betty Ford became the first lady of the United States. [19] Ford also, unsuccessfully, lobbied her husband to appoint the first woman to the Supreme Court of the United States[7][33] or as a running mate in the 1976 election. Ford assisted in fundraising for the little-known Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, D.C., whose patients were predominantly African American. Her acceptance speech spoke hopefully of the prospect that attitudes towards HIV/AIDS would shift, being de-stigmatized as cancer and alcoholism had (in part due to her contribution). Betty and Gerald Ford embrace in the White House in 1974. Days later, Ford also disclosed to the public that she had come to realize that she was additionally an alcoholic. Betty: A Glad Awakening. Bush. [53][51] Contrarily to her, while President Ford ranked in the top-10 positions of most admired men in multiple years,[56][57][58][59] he never managed to top it. Gena Rowlands won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Ford. [19] For a long time, it was unclear whether Gerald Ford shared his wife's pro-abortion rights viewpoint. Betty Ford dies at 93; former first lady. In December 1999, he told interviewer Larry King that he, too, was pro-abortion rights and had been criticized for that stance by conservative forces within the Republican Party. It was something the couple neither expected or wanted, Betty Ford recalled in her memoirs. "In terms of the White House atmosphere, there's no doubt that Mrs. Ford wanted to, in her own words, let open the windows," said Richard Norton Smith, a presidential historian and one of the eulogists at the funeral for President Ford. [3] President Ford died, aged 93, of heart failure on December 26, 2006, at their Rancho Mirage home. [46][47] The photo was subsequently published and is regarded as an "iconic" photograph of Ford's time as First Lady. Helping others overcome addiction became her chief cause. First Lady Betty Ford held her first official press conference in the State Dining Room on September 4, 1974. The Fords' children often also attended the dinners they hosted. Her cause of death was not immediately clear. Ford, a Rancho Mirage resident who died in July 2011, had told The Desert Sun that she opposed the idea of national expansion. She involved herself in the Los Angeles AIDS Project. Ford had declared that she would be accompanying her husband at campaign functions, "when he wants me to. One of the major strengths of authentic leadership is that it fulfills and expressed need for trustworthy leadership in society. [84], In 1987, Ford underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery and recovered without complications. [3][24] Ford was the only individual in attendance at the funeral not directly ingrained in the civil rights movement, with the exception of Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The must-watch series is accompanied by the likes of Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey. [117], Second Lady of the United States (19731974), First Lady of the United States (19741977), Ranking in Gallup's annual poll of "Most Admired Women", Recovery from alcoholism and prescription drug addiction, Steinhauer, Jennifer (December 31, 2006). [3], Despite the brevity of her husband's presidency (roughly two and a half years), he hosted 33 state dinners, the fifth most state dinners of any United States president. Ford with other U.S. First Ladies at the November 1991 opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. [14] The Fords would ultimately be married for the next 58 years, until Gerald Ford's death. [3] Ford remarked, "I agree with the Supreme Courts ruling. [42][43][44] Gerald Ford did not know about or see the photo until 1994. [3] After the interview aired, a number of Ford's remarks in this interview on hot-button issues generated particularly immense media attention. Betty's two older brothers were Robert (d. 1971) and William Jr. After the family lived briefly in Denver, Colorado, she grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she graduated from Central High School. She instead attended the Bennington School of Dance in Bennington, Vermont, for two summers, where she studied under director Martha Hill with choreographers Martha Graham and Hanya Holm. She desired to have a family with children and was unhappy with the frequent moves between cities she had experienced in her marriage. One day in 1934, when she was 16, Betty came home and her father, a traveling salesman who had recently lost his job, had. [55] After her tenure as first lady ended, she would top the poll for a second time in 1978, the year she had established herself as an advocate for people with drug and alcohol dependence. I think its time to bring abortion out of the backwoods and put it in the hospitals, where it belongs. Disregarding criticism to her stance, Ford would remark, Maybe I shouldnt have said it, but I couldnt lie. Betty White in her kitchen in Carmel, California. [3], Ford did not take any solo trips aboad as first lady. She served as the honorary president of the National Lupus Foundation, regarding lupus as a disease which impacted women, yet received minimal public attention. But, before . Some women protested Ford's lobbying for the ERA by carrying placards outside of the White House reading "Betty Ford, Get Off the Phone". [3], During her and President Ford's later years together, they resided in Rancho Mirage and in Beaver Creek, Colorado. She became an advocate for breast cancer research and early detection. In his remarks at his inauguration, Gerald Ford remarked, "I am indebted to no man and only one woman, my dear wife, Betty, as I begin this very difficult job. Soon after leaving office, she raised awareness of addiction when she sought help for and publicly disclosed her long-running struggle with alcoholism and substance abuse. [3], After Gerald Ford's defeat by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election she delivered her husband's concession speech because he had lost his voice while campaigning. "[34] This reflects a common trend of American first ladies often being more popular than the presidents to which they are married. 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", President Carter and his wife Rosalynn, who succeeded the Fords in the White House, recalled "a close personal friend and our frequent partner in bipartisan efforts to improve mental health and substance abuse care in our nation. [3] Gerald Ford was confirmed as vice president by the United States Congress on December 6, 1973, and Gerald Ford took the oath of office before a joint session of the United States Congress, placing his hand upon a bible which Betty Ford held. Gerald and Betty Ford on their wedding day, October 15, 1948 In 1947 a friend introduced her to Gerald R. Ford, Jr., a young lawyer who had served as Navy lieutenant during World War II. Asked about her illness, she said, "I'm very glad that I brought cancer to the forefront.". Most of all we wanted the state dinners to express the very best about America, particularly during the bicentennial year. [79] In September of that year, Ford traveled to Moscow for a television program taping and to serve as hostess for The Nutcracker. That same year, she joined First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson and Rosalynn Carter to open and participate in the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, where she endorsed measures in the convention's National Plan of Action, a report sent to the state legislatures, the U.S. Congress, and the President on how to improve the status of American women. [19] Ford's abortion position differed from the political platform of the Republican Party. Ford was the most prominent national supporter of the project. [3], During the primaries, Ford recorded radio advertisements on behalf of the campaign that were broadcast in New Hampshire. "[3][13] For their honeymoon, the two briefly traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they attended a college football game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Northwestern Wildcats, before driving to Owosso, Michigan, to attend a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee Thomas Dewey. ", Tobin, Leesa E. "Betty Ford as first lady: A woman for women.". Betty underwent a radical mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Hospital and inadvertently destigmatized breast cancer by addressing her illness publicly during a White House press conference. She continued to serve as Chairman-Emeritus of the Betty Ford Center and enjoyed her role as grandmother and great-grandmother to her still-growing family. She died peacefully, surrounded by her family, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Elizabeth Anne Ford (ne Bloomer; formerly Warren;[2] April 8, 1918 July 8, 2011) was the first lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of President Gerald Ford. Shortly after she decided to file for divorce, Warren fell into a coma. [19] The use of Ford in such a manner to promote her husband's candidacy was not the work of the campaign itself, but rather, produced by supporters outside of the campaign organization. Ford had weekly meetings with a psychiatrist approximately between August 1965 and April 1967. [33], Steinhauer of The New York Times described Ford as "a product and symbol of the cultural and political timesdoing the Bump dance along the corridors of the White House, donning a mood ring, chatting on her CB radio with the handle First Mamaa housewife who argued passionately for equal rights for women, a mother of four who mused about drugs, abortion and premarital sex aloud and without regret. [105] In terms of cumulative assessment, Ford has been ranked: The 2008 Siena Research Institute survey ranked Ford the 5th-highest of the twenty 20th and 21st century First Ladies. [3][75] She is the most recent first lady not to have done so. [5], In 1936, after graduating from high school, Bloomer proposed continuing her study of dance in New York City, but her mother refused on account of the relatively recent loss of her husband. JAKE TAPPER, KATIE HINMAN and MARTHA RADDATZ, founder of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction. Thus, Michelle Obama did, in fact, receive a letter from Betty Ford soon after she moved into the White House. It was just that they were accustomed to the more formal atmosphere prevailing under the Nixons. Nor did she address her relationship with alcohol, which she, at the time, believed was typical consumption. [32] On September 4, 1974, weeks after becoming first lady, Ford conducted press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in which she remarked that she, "would like to be remembered in a very kind way; also as a constructive wife of a president. Photos of this moment were published widely in the American press, resulting in Betty Ford somewhat upstaging President Ford in the press. In an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes," she talked about marijuana, equal rights for women, abortion and the possibility of a premarital affair for her daughter, Susan. In another instance, she commented, "it's just impossible for me to lie and look someone in the eyes and talk to them. She would be given prescription medication, including Valium. Ford surprised the media and the public by explicitly supporting a woman's right to an abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and grass roots activism. [98] That same year, she and President Ford were given a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. In her September 4, 1974 press conference, Ford declared her support for it. She recalled that the first time she heard someone call her father an alcoholic was at his funeral. They married in 1948, two weeks before he was elected to his first term in Congress. [3], The Fords meet with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan in the White House Oval Office in March 1981. The official cause of death was listed as carbon monoxide poisoning despite the garage door being open, but Betty acknowledged later in her life that her father very likely died by suicide. She studied dance at the Calla Travis Dance Studio, graduating in 1935. "[21][24] The Fords had planned to make a diplomatic trip to European nations after the midterm elections. [83] The fact that Ford had, for years, been given tranquilizers to treat a pinched nerve in her neck, was public knowledge as far back as her time as second lady. 4 Mrs. Ford later reasoned, "I thought that there are women all over the country like me. Betty Ford was at his side. [47] Kennerly has touted the image as both capturing Ford's personality and being a symbolic image showing the feminist first lady posing in what had conventionally been a room occupied predominantly by white men. After being accepted by Graham as a student in 1940, Bloomer moved to New York to live in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood; she worked as a fashion model for the John Robert Powers firm in order to finance her dance studies. 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"The Social and Political Influence of Betty Ford: Betty Bloomer Blossoms", Borrelli, Maryanne. In April 1974, she made her first official solo trip as second lady when she spent two-days visiting the states of Georgia and Tennessee to help in publicizing the "ARTRAIN", which was a traveling exhibit of art, visual displays, and performance pieces housed in six railway cars, and which was to travel through small towns across the southern United States. [24] On May 31, 1973, Ford made her first major speech when she gave a commencement address to the graduates of the Westminster Choir College. Bush called her, "a wonderful wife and mother; a great friend; and a courageous first lady. Shortly after they married, he began to sell insurance for another company. [24] However, by the spring of 1974, Ford was seen as embracing her position as second lady, becoming less reclusive and more active. "[19], Ford avidly supported the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. This video contains excerpts from the second ha. ", McClellan, Michelle L. "Fame through Shame: Women Alcoholics, Celebrity, and Disclosure. Her father's tragic death. [3], After her husband's narrow defeat, there was some anecdotal speculation that Ford may have both have helped to alienate conservative Republicans from voting for her husband and at the same time helped attract him support from liberal and moderate Republicans, Democrats, and independents. Despite her advanced age and own frail physical condition, Ford traveled across the country and took part in the funeral events in California, Washington, D.C., and Michigan. This experience has been credited with further cementing Ford's understanding of gender-based income inequalities between individuals doing the same work. However, not everything Ford did as first lady broke tradition. "Early on, she went to the head usher and asked why the staff didn't return her good morning greetings," Smith told ABC News. [3][12] With her husband assuming the office of vice president, Ford became the second lady of the United States. Ford would ultimately develop an addiction to prescription medication (and would ultimately confront and recover from this addiction in 1978). He died of a heart attack just four years after leaving office. It focuses on the middle school teacher Betty Ford's murder. Since 1982 Siena College Research Institute has conducted occasional surveys asking historians to assess American first ladies according to a cumulative score on the independent criteria of their background, value to the country, intelligence, courage, accomplishments, integrity, leadership, being their own women, public image, and value to the president. Her candor in talking about and dealing with substance abuse and treatment helped led to an improvement in how Americans talk about such matters. Betty White's cause of death has been revealed.. [61][33] Ford utilized phone calls, letter-writing, and telegrams as means of lobbying in support of the ERA. But the main point was, it was best for the country.". Betty Ford Biography Betty Ford, the United States' first lady, was born on April 8, 1918. Betty Ford was 93 years old when she died; therefore, she can be said to have died from old age. Live July 9, 2011 -- Former first lady Betty Ford, whose candor about her own battles with substance abuse helped erase much of the stigma attached to addiction, has died. Ford was credited with rejuvenating the ERA movement and inspiring more women to continue working for the ERA. "But the fact that I was the wife of the President put it in headlines and brought before the public this particular experience I was going through. Ford died Friday at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., ABC News has learned. [84], Ford published her first memoir in 1978, The Times of My Life, in which she discussed her battle with addiction. White's death was confirmed Friday by Jeff Witjas, her longtime agent and friend. [3], Ford campaigned actively both during primary elections and the general election. [25], Ford dancing with comedian Marty Allen in the Entrance Hall of the White House of the White House during a September 21, 1976 state dinner in honor Liberian President William Tolbert, Ford reviews the table settings while preparing for the September 21, 1976 state dinner in honor of Liberian President William Tolbert, Ford and Social Secretary Maria Downs give the media a tour of the tent errected in the South Lawn for the July 1976 state dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of Great Britain, Ford and Social Secretary Maria Downs inspect centerpiece sculptures designed by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell ahead of an October 1975 state dinner honoring Anwar Sadat, the president of Egypt, The Fords escort Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kjun down the Cross Hall towards the East Room during an October 1975 state dinner honoring the Japanese royals, Ford accompanied her husband abroad on several diplomatic trips. [96], On November 18, 1991, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. [21] That same year, her husband brought up the possibility that he might retire from congress in 1977, which would make the 1974 United States House of Representatives election the last he would run in. [7][30] Ford regarded Roosevelt a role model. "First Ladies and the Cultural Everywoman Ideal: Gender Performance and Representation. She worked with children with disabilities at the Mary Free Bed Home for Crippled Children. Tennessee Ernie Ford, as he came to be known, was an ordinary man but his overwhelming success later led to his downfall. [92] In November 1981, Ford stated that Governor of Illinois James R. Thompson had not done enough in support of the ERA as well as her disappointment with First Lady Nancy Reagan not being in favor of the measure, though also relayed her hopes to change the incumbent First Lady's mind in further encounters with her. 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