Person:Elizabeth Bloomer (6)
Elizabeth Bloomer
b.18 Apr 1918 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
d.8 Jul 2011 Rancho Mirage, Riverside, California, United States
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m. 9 Nov 1904
  1. Elizabeth Bloomer1918 - 2011
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  • H.  William Warren (add)
  • W.  Elizabeth Bloomer1918 - 2011
m. Est 1942
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m. 15 Oct 1948
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Name Elizabeth Bloomer
Married Name First Lady Betty Ford
Gender Female
Birth[1] 18 Apr 1918 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage Est 1942 to William Warren (add)
Divorce Est 1947 from William Warren (add)
Marriage 15 Oct 1948 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United Statesto Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.
Death[1] 8 Jul 2011 Rancho Mirage, Riverside, California, United States
Reference Number? Q213122?


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Elizabeth Anne Ford (; formerly Warren; 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. As first lady, she was active in social policy and set a precedent as a politically active presidential spouse. Ford also served as the second lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974.

Throughout her husband's term in office, she maintained high approval ratings. Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy. In addition, she was a passionate supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). As a supporter of abortion rights and a leader in the women's rights movement, she gained fame as one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on every hot-button issue of the time, including feminism, equal pay, the Equal Rights Amendment, sex, drugs, abortion, and gun control. She also raised awareness of addiction when in the 1970s, she announced her long-running battle with alcoholism and substance abuse, being the first first lady to do so.

Following her White House years, she continued to lobby for the ERA and remained active in the feminist movement. She was the founder, and served as the first chair of the board of directors, of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction. She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal (as a co-recipient with President Ford in 1998) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (presented to her by George H. W. Bush in 1991).

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Betty Ford, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.


First Ladies of the United States
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Second Ladies of the United States
Abigail Smith Adams · Ann Thompson Gerry · Hannah Minthorne Tompkins · Floride Colhoun · Letitia Christian Tyler · Sophia Nicklin Dallas · Abigail Powers Fillmore · Mary Cyrene Burch Breckenridge · Ellen Emery Hamlin · Eliza McCardle Johnson · Ellen Maria Wade Colfax · Eliza Morgan Hendricks · Anna Street Morton · Letitia Green Stevenson · Jennie Tuttle Hobart · Edith Carow Roosevelt · Cornelia Cole Fairbanks · Carrie Babcock Sherman · Lois Irene Kimsey Marshall · Grace Goodhue Coolidge · Caro Blymer Dawes · Mariette Rheiner Garner · Ilo Browne Wallace · Bess Wallace Truman · Jane Rucker Barkley · Pat Ryan Nixon · Lady Bird Taylor Johnson · Muriel Buck Humphrey · Judy Judefind Agnew · Betty Bloomer Ford · Happy Filter Rockefeller · Joan Adams Mondale · Barbara Pierce Bush · Marilyn Tucker Quayle · Tipper Aitcheson Gore · Lynn Vincent Cheney · Jill Jacobs Biden · Karen Batten Pence

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