Betty Ford
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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 ac
Official portrait, 1974
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.
Gerald Ford
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he served as the 40th vice
Official portrait, 1974
Ford (then Leslie Lynch King Jr.) at age 3 c. 1916
Ford as a center on the University of Michigan Wolverines football team, 1933
The Gunnery officers of USS Monterey, 1943. Ford is second from the right, in the front row.