Pat Nixon
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Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president. From 1953 to 1961, she had been the second lady of the United
Official portrait, 1973
Vice President and Pat Nixon during a visit to Ghana, 1957
Nixon addresses the 1972 Republican National Convention. She was the first First Lady since Eleanor Roosevelt to address a party convention, and the first Republican First Lady to do so.
Nixon with Canadian First Lady Margaret Trudeau holding baby Justin Trudeau in April 1972
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
Pat Nixon
…the former First Lady. In addition to her husband and immediate family, former presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford and their wives, Nancy and Betty, were also in attendance, as was former Senator George McGovern, who had lost the Presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972. President Bill Clinton…
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.