Ford was credited with rejuvenating the ERA movement and inspiring more women to continue working for the ERA. Her father was a traveling salesman in conveyor belts for factories. [3][5][12] They married on October 15, 1948, at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids. 
[3] At one point, Ford disclosed to the public that her husband had previously promised her that he would retire from the House of Representatives in 1976 in order to return to private legal practice and dedicate more time to his family. [58] Ford decided to be open about her illness because "There had been so much cover-up during Watergate that we wanted to be sure there would be no cover-up in the Ford administration. During these two years, she lived upstairs while he was nursed downstairs[3] She worked jobs in order to support both herself and Warren. She was the youngest child and the only girl in a family of three children. The Washington Post reported that Ford's disclosure of alcoholism came as a surprise to a number of Ford's close friends, who had regarded her as merely a social drinker and were oblivious to her drinking problem. Of course, the show dramatizes the incident a little and has Betty Fords character initially look a little put off by the living situation in the center. [5] After he recovered, they were divorced on September 22, 1947. [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. [85] 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. 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][105] In 1999, she and President Ford were jointly awarded Congressional Gold Medals. "[7], Betty and Gerald Ford had four children together: Michael Gerald Ford (born 1950), John Gardner Ford (nicknamed Jack; born 1952), Steven Meigs Ford (born 1956), and Susan Elizabeth Ford (born 1957). ", Tobin, Leesa E. "Betty Ford as first lady: A woman for women.". She involved herself in the Los Angeles AIDS Project. She was known for her candidness and for founding the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction. [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. Nevertheless, she said, she believed it cost her husband the election. Birthday: April 8, 1918 Date of Death: July 8, 2011 Age at Death: 93 Live Live Death Statistics Worldwide and The United States Is Betty Ford's father, William Stephenson Bloomer, dead or alive? Ford also enjoyed the traditional role as hostess of the White House and on a daily basis spent most of her energy on the family, health, and filling in for her husband on the hustings. Ive been at meetings where someone turned and thanked me, and I hugged the person and said, Dont thank me, thank yourself, youre the one who did it, with Gods help. From the beginning, we have wanted every patient at the center to feel, Im important here, I have some dignity.. Later that year, despite her advocacy for abortion rights, she reined herself in. The couple moved frequently because of his work. [21] Ford became overwhelmed by the media attention she received and became somewhat reclusive for a period early into her time as second lady. And I loved pills. [78] In her remarks, Mrs. Cheney noted that July 14 would have been Gerald Ford's 98th birthday. Ford with other U.S. First Ladies at the November 1991 opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. She was also involved in her husband's political career by fulfilling the commitments expected of congressional spouses to help elevate her husband's regard among his House colleagues. When Ford attempted to postpone the plans a second time, President-elect Carter called the White House and threatened to make a fuss in the news if the tour was not held as planned. [21] During her time as first lady, there had even been some speculation about substance abuse by friends and members of the press who observed occasional slurred speech from Ford. She spoke often in support of the Equal Rights Amendment, endorsed legalized abortion, discussed premarital sex and revealed that she intended to share a bed with her husband in the White House. She disliked other manifestations of Mrs. Nixons formal tastes, particularly the choice of stiff furniture, which had replaced the more comfortable Kennedy ambience from the early 60s. [87], In 1982, after recovering from her own addictions, Ford established the Betty Ford Center (initially called the Betty Ford Clinic) in Rancho Mirage, California, for the treatment of chemical dependency,[88] including treating the children of alcoholics. WebBetty Ford was born on April 8, 1918 and died on July 8, 2011. 
[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. [106] That same year, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her and her husband. President Obama noted how Betty Ford "distinguished herself through her courage and compassion. 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). [12] Ford felt an obligation to attend her husband's testimony at his confirmation hearings. And when Mr. Ford died in December 2006, it was Mrs. Ford who announced his death. Ford succeeded in getting sober. Ford would become the 38th president of the United States. Ford was also observed as upgrading her wardrobe, adding designer clothing. She regularly drove her children around to their activities, such as her sons' Little League Baseball games and her daughter's dance classes. 
After this, Betty Ford was transparent with the news media that she had received psychiatric care. White House Photograph courtesy of Gerald R. Ford Library. Ford had declared that she would be accompanying her husband at campaign functions, "when he wants me to. When she went to China with her husband in 1975, however, she enchanted the Chinese by kicking off her shoes and dancing in her stocking feet at a Beijing school. 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. 
Rumour suggests Candy was having an affair with Betty's husband, Allan Gore. 
She joined Graham's auxiliary troupe and eventually performed with the company at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In this statement, Ford disclosed, "I have found I am not only addicted to the medication I have been taking for my arthritis but also to alcohol". He later worked for the Continental Can Company, and after that for the Widdicomb Furniture Company. [21] In addition to the arts, Ford also gave focus to projects helping the disabled during her time as second lady. Her mother's actions in the wake of her father's passing are said to have been formative for her views in support of equal pay and gender equality. She always wanted to be called Elizabeth but ended up with Betty, Bet or Bets. [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. [80] In June 1977, Ford was a speaker at the Arthritis Association Convention. Betty Ford may be the most famous and least known First Lady in history. [3] It was never confirmed whether his death had been accidental or a suicide. [27], In June 1974, Ford represented the Nixon administration by attending the funeral of Alberta Williams King, the assassinated mother of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Other Nixon administration official figures did not attend, continuing with other obligations. [19], During a January 1984 address in Michigan to a crowd of individuals who were in the early stages of alcohol and drug dependency treatment, Ford declared that the six years since she began her treatment for alcohol and drug abuse, "have been the best years in my life from the standpoint of feeling healthier and feeling more comfortable with myself". [3], Between Labor Day and election day, for the general election campaign, Ford conducted multi-stop speaking tours, during which she visited western states (including California, Colorado, Texas, and Utah) as well was northern midwest states including Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A contrast was publicly drawn between Ford and Nancy Reagan, the wife of Ford's primary election challenger Ronald Reagan. She continued to strongly advocate and lobby politicians and state legislatures for passage of the ERA. [3][5], In August 1947, she was introduced by mutual friends to Gerald Ford, a lawyer and World War II veteran who had just resumed his legal practice after returning from Navy service, and was planning to run for the United States House of Representatives. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed Ford to the second National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year (the first had been appointed by President Ford). President Richard Nixon selected Gerald Ford to serve as his vice president after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew. [3], Spiro Agnew resigned as vice president on October 10, 1973. JAKE TAPPER, KATIE HINMAN and MARTHA RADDATZ, founder of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. [90] She served as chair of the board of directors. She worked with children with disabilities at the Mary Free Bed Home for Crippled Children. [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 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. Ford had believed it to be of great importance for the administration to show an expression of direct concern pertaining to the assassination, while Nixon's staff disagreed with her. 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. Betty underwent a radical mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Hospital and inadvertently destigmatized breast cancer by addressing her illness publicly during a 
[3], Ford campaigned actively both during primary elections and the general election. [3][14][17] Gerald Ford had ambitions to rise to the rank of speaker of the house, and therefore maintained a busy travel schedule, regularly crisscrossing the United States to fundraise and campaign on behalf of other Republicans in hopes that they would, in turn, provide him with the support he'd eventually need to become speaker. WebAt 8:49 p.m. local time, President Ford's wife of 58 years, Betty Ford, issued a statement that confirmed his death: "My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford capitulated and gave a brief, but cordial, tour of the White House to Rosalyn Carter on November 22, 1976, coinciding with President-elect Carters White House meeting with President Ford. [7] Early into her time in the White House, during a televised tour of the White House she once again noted that she and her husband shared the same bed. Ford made the decision that year to erect a tent in the White House Rose Garden to host dinners outside. The Betty Ford Center, dedicated on Oct. 3, 1982, was a direct result of Mrs. Fords victory over her alcoholism and addiction. [14] The Fords would ultimately be married for the next 58 years, until Gerald Ford's death. Mrs. Ford was once asked if she felt sorry for herself during the trauma of losing her breast. [108] On May 8, 2003, Ford received the Woodrow Wilson Award in Los Angeles for her public service, awarded by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution. Mrs. Ford said she had been influential in President Fords appointments of Carla Hills as secretary of housing and urban development and Anne Armstrong as ambassador to Britain. [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 erected 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. [62], Among the most notable state dinners the Fords hosted was a July 7, 1976 state dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. [7] Due to conservative backlash from Ford's comments on premarital sex, marijuana use, and abortion in a 1975 60 Minutes interview, President Ford initially quipped to her that her comments had lost him a large number of votes. Betty and Candy met each other at the church and were friends. "Competing conceptions of the first ladyship: Public responses to Betty Ford's 60 Minutes interview. [65][66], Of the state dinners she planned, Ford said, "From the beginning, Jerry and I tried to make the White House a place where people could have fun and enjoy themselves. 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Ford Presidential Library and Museum The National Women's Party honored Betty Ford as", "The original documents are located in Box 29, folder "Awards Presented to Betty Ford" of the Betty Ford White House Papers, 19731977 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library", "Ford Museum - Artifact Collections - Head of State Gifts Artifacts - medal from the Arab Republic of Egypt", "The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "1976/03/29 Parsons Award, New York City" of the Frances K. Pullen Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library", "Betty Ford Awards and Honors Received", Ashley, Jeffrey S. "The Social and Political Influence of Betty Ford: Betty Bloomer Blossoms", Borrelli, Maryanne. Ford had weekly meetings with a psychiatrist approximately between August 1965 and April 1967. [32], Repeatedly speaking out on women's issues, Ford was a leader in the changing status of women in American society. It was something the couple neither expected or wanted, Betty Ford recalled in her memoirs. 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. But the main point was, it was best for the country.". In 1965, Ford suffered a significant nervous breakdown, erupting in severe crying that had appeared inexplicable to others. [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. Fellow first lady Nancy Reagan also was "deeply saddened" by the news. [3][21] Her candor on this trip received a positive reception by the news media. [46] In 1977, the year her husband left office, she placed fourth. 
[3], In November 1975, it was reported by the Associated Press that Ford's husband's advisors, who had previously worried her outspoken comments would hurt him in the 1976 presidential election, were now recognizing her popularity and desiring for her to have a greater role in the campaign. [62], The Fords opted to have eclectic array of guests at their state dinners, including notable celebrities from the entertainment industry. This was formally presented to her by President Ford, who was an Academy Awards Council member. Elizabeth Bloomer, who was known from childhood as Betty, was born in 1918 in Chicago and grew up in Michigan. 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. She wanted, she said, a fresh new face for her new life. [3], During her and President Ford's later years together, they resided in Rancho Mirage and in Beaver Creek, Colorado. 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