[7][38][37], In 1975, when Time named the "American women" as its "Person of the Year",[39] the magazine profiled Ford as one of eleven women selected to represent "American women". I just want to sit here all alone and finish this cigarette.. [86], Funeral services were held in Palm Desert, California, on July 12, 2011, with more than 800 people in attendance, including former president George W. Bush, then-First Lady Michelle Obama, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, herself a former First Lady, former First Ladies Rosalynn Carter, who gave a eulogy,[78] and Nancy Reagan. Betty's cause of death was natural causes. "Ford. As was the case during Gerald Ford's vice presidential swearing-in, Betty Ford held the Bible upon which he placed his hand while taking his oath of office. [18], Ford served as a parent-teacher association member, Sunday school teacher at Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, and a Cub Scout "den mother". An immediate change went into effect, to the degree that during family meals the president and the butler compared golf scores. [83][84], Ford had suffered from a dependency on prescription medication and from alcoholism prior even to her husband's presidency. Ford's family has traveled to California and expects to arrange a service in Palm Springs soon, Barbara Lewandrowski, a family spokeswoman, told The Associated Press. But through an accident of history, I had become interesting to people., Betty Ford, Former First Lady, Dies at 93, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/09/us/politics/betty-ford-dies.html. "[34] Ford was open about the benefits of psychiatric treatment, and spoke understandingly about marijuana use and premarital sex. [3][5][12] They married on October 15, 1948, at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids. Surveys of historians conducted by the Siena College Research Institute have shown that historians regard Ford to be among the best and most courageous American first ladies. In contrast, there was tremendous organic excitement for Betty Ford among supporters of the campaign. As The New York Times notes, Ford had campaigned himself hoarse in the days before the election, so when the time came to admit defeat it fell to Betty to get up in front of the cameras and concede the election she and Jerry had worked so hard towardssmiling graciously the whole time. Unknown to Carter at the time, this was likely due to Fords fragility caused by her prescription drug abuse. This large number of state dinners was, in part, due to great interest from foreign dignitaries in visiting the United States for a state dinner amid the United States bicentennial celebrations. [104] On November 18, 1991, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. [3][5], Bloomer's mother was opposed to her pursuing a career in dance and insisted that she return home, and, as a compromise, they agreed that Bloomer would return home for six months and, if she still wanted to return to New York City at the end of that time, her mother would not protest further. 
'Not at all,' he replied. [5] Warren was an alcoholic and diabetic, and was in poor health. "Early on, she went to the head usher and asked why the staff didn't return her good morning greetings," Smith told ABC News. In 2005, Ford relinquished her chair of the center's board of directors to her daughter Susan. Her loneliness was compounded by low self-esteem and a debilitating self-consciousness about things like her lack of a college degree. The couple also acquired a second home, an elaborate ski lodge in Vail, Colo. Mrs. Ford remained active in the Betty Ford Center and in feminist causes. This was formally presented to her by President Ford, who was an Academy Awards Council member. [3], Ford was also used, both by Ford supporters and detractors, as a symbol of liberal Republicanism, with her politics contrasting with the Republican Party's conservative and moderate wings. [16], The Fords lived in Washington, D.C. after his election, until the spring of 1955, when the Fords moved into a house they constructed in the D.C. suburb of Alexandria, Virginia. The groom was 35; the bride, 30. [56], Ford's involvement in political issues received some conservative criticism. In public, she was one of the most visible and outspoken first ladies in history. [3][19] Ford took doses of this medication in excess of her prescription. [95] In 1978, the deadline for ratification of the ERA was extended from 1979 to 1982, resulting largely from a march of a hundred thousand people on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. Ford was the most prominent national supporter of the project. Back home, she became a fashion coordinator for the store in which she had been a teenage model. [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. [19] Ford said, during her husband's failed 1976 presidential campaign, "I would give my life to have Jerry have my poll numbers. [7] Weeks later, when the Fords moved from their Virginia residence into the White House[3] their king size bed was photographed being moved into the White House, which prompted Betty to quip that they had been outed for breaking the tradition of first couples keeping separate bedrooms in the White House. Ford made the decision that year to erect a tent in the White House Rose Garden to host dinners outside. Ill health prevented Ford from attending the funeral of former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson's in July 2007, and her daughter Susan Ford Bales instead represented her at the funeral service. 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. Bush. Married and divorced in her 20s, in 1947 her life changed forever when she met Gerald R. Ford. Ford also became involved in causes related to HIV/AIDS. Through the work she did at the Betty Ford Center, Ford recognized the link between drug abuse and AIDS. President Richard Nixon selected Gerald Ford to serve as his vice president after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew. "[10], Ford was popular with the American public. Hortense and William married on November 9, 1904, in Chicago. [3][5], In 1942, Elizabeth Bloomer married William G. Warren,[5][4] whom she had known since she was 12. 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. [33] Ford took personal credit for the appointment of Carla Anderson Hills as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. But she [97] As the deadline approached, Ford led marches, parades and rallies for the ERA with other feminists, including First Daughter Maureen Reagan and various Hollywood actors. [120][121][122] Ford is also one of three former first ladies whose lives are the focus of the Emmy-nominated 2022 Showtime television series The First Lady, in which she is portrayed by Kristine Froseth and Michelle Pfeiffer. [20] Such talk was due to Gerald Ford, following the Republican Party's failure to win a majority in the 1972 United States House of Representatives elections, seeing it as unlikely that he would ever fulfill his ambition of becoming speaker of the House. 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. Nevertheless, she said, she believed it cost her husband the election. Ford was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush in 1991. Betty Ford and former President Gerald R. Ford at the White House in 1977. "[21][24] The Fords had planned to make a diplomatic trip to European nations after the midterm elections. We were proud to call her a friend.". She refused to acknowledge that a problem existed, calling her family a bunch of monsters, but she eventually entered the Long Beach Naval Hospital in California for treatment. [110], On July 14, a second service was held at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, with eulogies given by Lynne Cheney, former Ford Museum director Richard Norton Smith, and Ford's son Steven. Susan, their only daughter, came along the next year. Although she left the dcor as it was, she could not resist a bit of deviltry. Few first ladies have been as popular as Betty Ford, and it was her frankness and lack of pretense that made her so. [3], On March 12, 1974, the Fords hosted a state dinner for King Hussein of Jordan after president Nixon, with a week's notice, asked Vice President Ford to take over for him in hosting the already-scheduled state dinner. Kalb shares a few In 1982, she co-founded the Betty Ford Center in California. Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy. [3] Ford remarked, "I agree with the Supreme Courts ruling. [47] She placed first in 1975. They were married on Oct. 15, 1948, while he was running his first race for a seat in the House. "First Ladies and the Cultural Everywoman Ideal: Gender Performance and Representation. Magazines such as Vogue and Ladies Home Journal were planning to publish spreads on Ford in upcoming issues. Her philanthropic support additionally placed a specific focus on charities serving children with special needs. Ford died Friday at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., ABC News has learned. She became famous for her candor. This is my problem". 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And I loved pills. During his testimony, Gerald Ford was questioned about attending psychiatric care. Dance was always a major interest, and Mrs. Ford said many times that she was disappointed that she had never been quite good enough to be a first-rate dancer. Reactions to Ford's death came in quickly from subsequent occupants of the White House. [94], Ford continued to advocate for the ratification of the ERA. [3], Before the end of December, Ford played a role in establishing the Republican Women's Federal Forum, partnering with Barbara Bush, whose husband George H. W. Bush was chairman of the Republican National Committee at the time. She also, ultimately agreed to attend rehab at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Long Beach, California. Within days, 10,000 letters, more than 500 telephone calls, more than 200 telegrams and scores of floral arrangements poured into the White House and into her suite at Bethesda Naval Hospital. This is the only time that a major United States presidential candidate's spouse has delivered their concession on their behalf. "[23], The media "broke" the story that Ford had a previous marriage and had been divorced, initially reporting it as a secret revelation. Ford made campaign appearances and delivered speeches across the United States. The Nixons had previously removed dancing from the state dinners during Nixon's presidency. Biography - A Short Wiki President Gerald Fords wife who was the First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977. [54][33] Ford utilized phone calls, letter-writing, and telegrams as means of lobbying in support of the ERA. Days later, Ford also disclosed to the public that she had come to realize that she was additionally an alcoholic. [100], In 1985, Ford received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an annual award given by the Jefferson Awards. [86][100], Ford supported gay and lesbian causes, speaking against discrimination in the United States military. 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 [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. Set on 14 acres on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center 11 miles southeast of Palm Springs, the center was a nonprofit venture spearheaded by Mrs. Ford and Leonard K. Firestone, an industrialist and former ambassador to Belgium who raised a major part of the money. [3] As a mother, Ford never spanked or hit her children, believing that there were better, more constructive ways to deal with discipline and punishment. Because of her leadership, many lives were saved.". 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. [32] On September 4, 1974, weeks after becoming first lady, Ford conducted a 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. The couple moved frequently because of his work. [3] Ford also volunteered for local charitable organizations, including serving as the program director of the Alexandria Cancer Fund Drive. [5] After he recovered, they were divorced on September 22, 1947. In addition to founding the Betty Ford Center, she remained active in women's issues, taking on numerous speaking engagements and lending her name to charities for fundraising. Her husband jokingly told her later that the comment had cost him 20 million votes in the 1976 election, she said. 
"[60], Adding to heightened public awareness of breast cancer were reports that several weeks after Ford's cancer surgery, Happy Rockefeller, the wife of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, also had a mastectomy. She also organized her own dance group and taught dance at various sites in Grand Rapids, including the Calla Travis Dance Studio. [68], During the Fords' 1976 trip to mainland China, when being shown an exhibition by a Chinese arts college dance group, Ford decided to join the dancers. Thereafter, Mrs. Ford's daily greetings were verbally reciprocated.". 
They married in 1948, two weeks before he was elected to his first term in Congress. A high school teacher, Betty Ford, was murdered in a dreadful way possible by none other than her friend, Candy. After leaving the White House, Mrs. Ford helped reduce the social stigma surrounding addiction and inspired thousands to seek much-needed treatment. In 2005, her husband presented her with the Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service. For years after leaving the White House, Ford continued to enjoy great influence and popularity, continuing to rank in the top-ten of Gallup's annual most admired woman poll every year through 1991. Throughout her husband's time in the office of the presidency, she maintained high approval ratings and was considered to be an influential first lady. She hadnt, she said: No one ever bothered to ask., Some months after her divorce, she began dating Gerald R. Ford, a lawyer with political ambitions and a man she described as probably the most eligible bachelor in Grand Rapids. He proposed in February 1948. We came to Washington for 2 years and stayed for 28, Mrs. Ford said. She got a job as assistant to the fashion coordinator for Herpolsheimer's, a local department store. [71][72][73] Gerald Ford did not know about or see the photo until 1994. [19] Ford had, particularly, become addicted to prescription medication (opioid analgesics) that she had been originally prescribed in the early 1960s to treat a pinched nerve. Betty was 93 years old at the time of death. [3] The campaign made a deliberate effort, ahead of the 1976 Republican National Convention, of sending Ford to liberal and moderate-leaning states and not more conservative states in the western and southern United States. ABC News' David Reiter and Michael S. James contributed to this report. She studied dance at the Calla Travis Dance Studio, graduating in 1935. [3] After the interview aired, a number of Ford's remarks in this interview on hot-button issues generated particularly immense media attention. Mr. Ford had been vice president for less than 10 months, named by Nixon to succeed Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned in disgrace over accusations of bribery and tax evasion. Betty Ford stands in the lower-left corner of this image, After leaving the White House in 1977, Ford continued to lead an active public life. [3], During her and President Ford's later years together, they resided in Rancho Mirage and in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Dance developed into a passion for her, and she decided she wanted to seek a career in it. Ford was observed audibly telling her husband "I love you" following a kiss they shared right after he was sworn in as president. When her husbands voice failed him the morning after he was defeated by Jimmy Carter in 1976, it was she who read the official concession statement with smiling grace. They spent their two-day honeymoon at Republican Party rallies. During the general election, her busy campaign activity saw the reigniting of her pinched nerve. This phenomenon became known as the Betty Ford blip. What was her prognosis? Ford left $500,000 to the Betty Ford Center. Ford's transparency was praised by experts in drug abuse treatment, who predicted that it would make a major and positive impact. [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. She successfully lobbied her husband to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to choreographer and dancer Martha Graham in 1976. [3] Ford also held active membership in groups such as the 81st Congress Club and National Federation of Republican Women. WASHINGTON, April 11 (AP) President and Mrs. Ford expressed their deepest sympathy to the family of James W. Howe, husband of Betty Ford's, personal assistant. Ford had weekly meetings with a psychiatrist approximately between August 1965 and April 1967. This response proved effective in killing the speculation that she was covering-up her past, and earned her some admiration in the media. Betty Ford. The family moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., when she was 2. [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. [24] With her husband, as vice president, tasked with heavily campaigning on behalf of his party for the 1974 midterm elections, Ford occasionally hit the campaign trail herself. She asked why the staff never returned a greeting and was told that President Nixon and the first lady, Pat Nixon, had preferred them to be as silent and invisible as possible. Nor did she address her relationship with alcohol, which she, at the time, believed was typical consumption. (He had played center for Michigan.) Among the nations that Ford accompanied her husband to were China, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. ", Gregory Knight, Myra. That same year, People named Ford one of the three most intriguing people in America. It made a lot of women realize that it could happen to them. The ceremony took place on a Friday so that Mr. Fords plans to go to a Northwestern-Michigan football game the following day would not be disrupted. She involved herself in the Los Angeles AIDS Project. [32], Repeatedly speaking out on women's issues, Ford was a leader in the changing status of women in American society. Ford also served as the second lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974 when her husband was vice president. [61], As First Lady, Ford was an advocate of the arts. [37][33] In January 1976, the editors of the New York News Service wrote that Ford was, "one of the most charming and popular First Ladies ever to occupy the White House". [93] She was an active member of the Junior League. [86], Ford published her first memoir in 1978, The Times of My Life, in which she discussed her battle with addiction. Ford's recent predecessor Lady Bird Johnson was among other first ladies that did not conduct solo trips abroad. Nevertheless, by 1962, she was seeing a psychiatrist twice a week because, as she put it, Id lost my feeling of self-worth., I think a lot of women go through this, she said. No one confronted life's struggles with more fortitude or honesty, and as a result, we all learned from the challenges she faced. But unlike many other wives of presidents, Mrs. Ford rarely hesitated to make public her views on touchy subjects. [16][109] Ford left $500,000 to the Betty Ford Center. We all like to cheer an underdog. [36] As first lady, remarking on her honest candor and the sometimes-controversial remarks it resulted in, Ford declared, "I am not very good at making up stories." [46] The poll gauges Americans' most admired men and women without providing respondents any pre-arranged list of names. [3], As she became a more active second lady, Ford adopted an objective of promoting the arts. Betty Ford, who died yesterday at the age of ninety-three, got married the year she turned twenty-four, to a furniture salesman who did not become the President of the United States. In addition, she was a passionate supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). [114] 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. She studied dance under Martha Graham in New York, working as a fashion model to finance her studies. [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. Ford has consistently ranked among the top-nine most highly assessed first ladies in these surveys. "Ford and Ford" in Scott Kaufman, ed. [103], In the early 1990s, Ford voiced admiration for First Lady Hillary Clinton and praised her for taking an active role in policy within her husband's administration by leading the Clinton health care plan[100], In 1987, Ford was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Hes a very shy man and he really didnt tell me he loved me, she wrote. [7], Ford supported numerous charities as first lady. [62], During their final year in the White House, the Fords hosted eleven state dinners. At first, Betty wasnt sure she wanted to attach her name to a rehab center, fearing that it would be embarrassing for her if she relapsed, McCubbin says. [3], Campaign button in support of President Ford's 1976 presidential campaign with the phrase "Keep Betty in the White House", Betty and Gerald Ford onstage at the 1976 Republican National Convention. She was Jerry Fords strength through some very difficult days in our countrys history, Mrs. Reagan said, and I admired her courage in facing and sharing her personal struggles with all of us.. 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. [7], When Ford herself began the process of recovering from her own alcoholism, she disclosed to the public that both her father and her brother Bob had suffered from alcoholism as well. She held a White House news conference announcing her support of the Equal Rights Amendment; the mail response ran three to one against her. Ford did indirectly indicate her willingness to step into the role of first lady by affirming that she would make any sacrifices required for her husband to carry out his constitutional obligations, but also opined that it would be traumatic if the nation had to endure a president being forced from office. President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also cited Ford's dedication to woman's rights and substance abuse issues, and recalled honoring her during her lifetime. She made countless contributions to our country, and we especially appreciate her courage in calling attention to breast cancer and substance abuse. [3], Ford had an extremely busy schedule by July 1974. [3], Spiro Agnew resigned as vice president on October 10, 1973. In this statement, she also praised the reputation of the hospital's addiction treatment program, and declared her pleasure to have the opportunity to attend the treatment. Going back to the days when her husband was a Michigan congressman and minority leader in the House of Representatives, she remembered that on one hand, I loved being the wife of; on the other hand, I was convinced that the more important Jerry became, the less important I became.. [31] Active in social policy, Ford broke new ground as a politically active presidential spouse. The 2008 survey also ranked Ford the 5th-highest in their assessment of first ladies who were their own women as well as 5th-highest in courage. Shortly after leaving the White House, the Fords built a 15-room house bordering the 13th fairway of the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage. [3][16] The speech was delivered on the day after the election. She regularly drove her children around to their activities, such as her sons' Little League Baseball games and her daughter's dance classes. [ 34 ] Ford also held active membership in groups such as the Betty Center. 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