Betty Ford
Betty Ford
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Fordwas First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford. As First Lady, she was active in social policy and created precedents as a politically active presidential wife...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth8 April 1918
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
makeup alcohol bottles
My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?
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Being a lady does not require silence.
fear easier ifs
You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.
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I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.
business sad-truth knows
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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A housewife deserves to be honored as much as a woman who earns her living in the marketplace. I consider bringing up children a responsible job. In fact, being a good housewife seems to me a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it.
independent kind streaks
I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.
american-firstlady power
Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.
This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself.