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	Biography of Betty Ford
		Not long afterward she began dating Jerry Ford, football hero, graduate of the University of Michigan and Yale Law School, and soon a candidate for Congress.
		Betty Ford faced her new life as First Lady with dignity and serenity.
		She helped establish the Betty Ford Center for treatment of this problem at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/firstladies/ef38.html (511 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Betty Ford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Betty Ford (born April 8, 1918), a First Lady of the United States, was born Elizabeth Ann Bloomer in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of William Stephenson Bloomer, an industrial supply salesman, and his wife Hortense Neahr.
		Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States by Chief Justice Warren Burger as Mrs.
		Shortly after Betty Ford became First Lady she underwent a mastectomy for breast cancer: she became a spokeswoman about the importance of early detection.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Betty_Ford (375 words)

	Gerald Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ford graduated from law school in 1941 and was admitted to the Michigan bar shortly thereafter.
		Ford's closest call with death was during a vicious typhoon in the Philippine Sea in December 1944.
		Ford at the time was continuing to reside in the same home he had as a congressman and was waiting on repairs before becoming the first Vice President to move into the new Vice President's official residence at Number One Observatory Circle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerald_Ford (5089 words)

	Betty Ford Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Betty Ford Center was co-founded by former United States First Lady Betty Ford and her friend, Ambassador, in 1982.
		Ford's decision to undertake such a project fell on the heels of her own battle with chemical addiction, and after her release from the, she pursued the goal of creating a treatment center that emphasized the needs of women.
		The non-profit Betty Ford Center reserves 50% of its space for women, and the programs are gender-specific.
	www.gogog.com /project/wikipedia/index.php/Betty_Ford_Center (178 words)

	Betty Ford Summary
		Betty Ford (born 1918) was thrust into the public eye when her husband succeeded Richard Nixon as the 38th president of the United States.
		The Fords finally relocated again upon the resignation of President Nixon, when Jerry was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States, and he and Betty moved into the White House.
		Betty Ford was an advocate of the arts while First Lady, and was able to help Martha Graham become the first dancer to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
	www.bookrags.com /Betty_Ford (2716 words)

	Betty Ford - Wikiality, the Truthiness Encyclopedia
		Betty Ford is the wife of former President Gerald Ford.
		Betty Ford was born Betty Warren in Indiana to David and Diane Warren.
		Betty Ford was always disgusted about how people gave up and quit so easily, especially with things like alcohol and drugs, because of this she founded the Betty Ford Clinic.
	www.wikiality.com /Betty_Ford (273 words)

	newsobserver.com \| Former President Gerald Ford dies at 93
		Ford was an accidental president, Nixon's hand-picked successor, a man of much political experience who had never run on a national ticket.
		Ford also earned a place in the history books as the first unelected vice president, chosen by Nixon to replace Spiro Agnew who also was forced from office by scandal.
		And she remained one of the country's most admired women even after the Fords left the White House when she was hospitalized in 1978 and admitted to having become addicted to drugs and alcohol she took for painful arthritis and a pinched nerve in her neck.
	www.newsobserver.com /110/story/525763.html (998 words)

	Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
		Ford for her prominent role in support of breast cancer research and education, and honored her by naming this award the Betty Ford Award.
		Ford and Leonard Firestone were co-chairmen and founders of the Betty Ford Center at Eisenhower, located in Rancho Mirage, California, opening in October 1982.
		Ford serves as an active, hands-on Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Betty Ford Center.
	www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov /grf/bbfbiop.asp (860 words)

	MyWestTexas.com - Betty Ford left to carry on legacy
		Ford, who publicly admitted to her drug and alcohol addiction and also talked openly about her battle with breast cancer at a time when few public figures spoke about either.
		The Betty Ford Center is tucked at the end of a guarded driveway in Rancho Mirage, a celebrity-studded desert oasis 120 miles (193 kilometers) east of Los Angeles where the family settled after Ford left the White House in 1976.
		Ford's family that forced her in 1978 to confront her addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs, which she took for painful arthritis and a pinched nerve in her neck.
	www.mywesttexas.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=17647677&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475626&rfi=6 (675 words)

	Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation - Betty Ford Center Store
		It is remarkable, though Ford doesn't point it out, that one or both parents of five of the women were addicted and abusive, and the family of the sixth was emotionally repressed.
		Whatever leads a woman to addiction, she, not society, Ford says, must get herself out of it, although the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous regimen and the fellowship of other reforming addicts, which the Ford Center provides intensively, are crucial to making an addict realize personal responsibility for recovery.
		Betty Ford weaves her own commentary around these narratives, giving details about the women and their lives-what they went through at the center and what happened afterward -and sharing stories about her own battle with drugs and alcohol.
	www.bettyfordcenter.org /about/store/healinghope.php (585 words)

	WIC Biography - Betty Ford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Bloomer was born in Chicago on April 8,1918, did her parents, brothers and the rest of the world know how this truly remarkable individual was going to affect the lives of millions.
		During this time Betty Ford was a good 'soccer mom' and an astute student of women involved in the political system.
		Ford and Leonard Firestone co-founded The Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, to assist women, men and their families in the starting process of recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.
	www.wic.org /bio/bford.htm (456 words)

	Betty Ford : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Betty Ford was such a popular first lady, she once said she wished she could give her husband, President Gerald Ford, some of her approval rating in order to help him win the 1976 election against Jimmy Carter.
		Ford's husband served in the House of Representatives for twenty-four years, and after Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in disgrace, President Richard Nixon appointed Gerald R Ford as his vice president.
		Ford talked on a CB radio with the handle of First Mama, wore a mood ring, and talked unabashedly about her and her husband having sex.
	www.yuddy.com /articles/politics/betty-ford.html (738 words)

	Betty Ford Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Betty Ford wanted to be a dancer, a wife and a mother.
		The family was suddenly thrust into the limelight and Ford had to adjust to the attention and the challenge of dealing with the media.
		Several years later, Ford acknowledged that the adjustment to private life and retirement was more difficult that she realized at the time.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/betty-ford (1640 words)

	Betty Ford \| Scholastic.com
		Ford looked forward to a quiet retirement and spending more time with her husband, she was swept up in the events of Watergate and found herself the most scrutinized woman in America.
		Ford won respect and admiration for her frankness about subjects ranging from breast cancer and premarital sex to equal rights for women.
		Ford had become one of history's most popular First Ladies and an asset to her husband in the 1976 Presidential campaign.
	content.scholastic.com /browse/article.jsp?id=4923 (873 words)

	Recalling the Age of Betty Betty Ford's bravery or heroic candor - The Boston Globe
		Unlike Jimmy Carter, who made a big display of his own modesty, Ford was willing to go with the flow when the occasion required it, so he probably wouldn't mind all the flags and salutes and the crowded National Cathedral.
		Former first ladies aren't candidates for state funerals, but compared with her husband, one could argue that Betty Ford was the more significant figure.
		The ease with which Betty Ford acknowledged her fight -- appearing shortly after the surgery in a famous photo with her doting husband at her side -- inspired millions of people.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2007/01/02/recalling_the_mid_1970s_era_of_betty_ford (831 words)

	Betty Ford Biography (U.S. First Lady) — Infoplease.com
		Betty Ford is known both as a former First Lady and as the founder of the Betty Ford Clinic for substance abuse recovery.
		Ford became a prominent activist in the field, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1991) and the Congressional Gold Medal (1999).
		Gerald Ford was her second husband; she had been married to William C. Warren from 1942-47...
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/bettyford.html (448 words)

	Betty Ford
		First Lady Betty Ford will long be remembered for her active support of the Equal Rights Amendment, her struggles with breast cancer and substance abuse, and her later involvement with the addiction treatment center that bears her name.
		An independent, free spirit who regularly ranks among the most-admired First Ladies, Betty Ford is considered by many to be the most outspoken since Eleanor Roosevelt: she spoke her mind publicly and frequently, sometimes sending the president’s political advisors running for cover.
		Contrasting the sometimes harsh assessments of historians with the respect in which she continues to be held, Greene examines Betty Ford’s outspoken opinions on abortion and women’s rights and suggests that her views hampered Gerald Ford’s ability to forge a coalition within the GOP and may well have been a factor in his presidential defeat.
	www.kansaspress.ku.edu /grebet.html (501 words)

	CNN.com - Betty Ford Center celebrates 20 years of rehab - Oct. 20, 2002
		Ford's candor about her drug dependence is largely credited with helping break the silence for many alcoholics and drug addicts.
		Ford had grown dependent on sleeping pills, pain pills, relaxation pills and pills to counteract the side effects of other pills, which she described in her memoir, "Betty: A Glad Awakening." She also said she drank before and after dinner.
		Ford's family confronted her about her prescription drug and alcohol use in 1978.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/West/10/20/ford.clinic.ap/index.html (475 words)

	Betty Ford leaves hospital, 'recovering well' - CNN.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Betty Ford has been released from Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California," her office said in the statement.
		Her husband died December 26 at the age of 93 and Ford was at the center of services for him in California, Washington and Michigan.
		The Betty Ford Center came into being after Ford herself was treated for chemical dependency at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Long Beach, California, and saw the need for treatment that emphasized the special needs of women.
	edition.cnn.com /2007/US/04/09/betty.ford.hospital.reut/index.html (294 words)

	Thank You, Betty Ford \| BlogHer
		When I read about Betty Ford and her short time as First Lady, I was floored by her candor on everything from sexuality, abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and women’s rights, marijuana, breast cancer, and alcoholism and prescription painkiller addition.
		In the wake of Gerald Ford’s death, the tributes to the wonderful honesty of Betty Ford are pouring in.
		Recovered alcoholic and breast cancer survivor Betty Ford is known for being a healer for the people of this nation in her own right.
	blogher.org /node/14150 (623 words)

	The Remarkable Mrs. Ford, 60 Minutes Revisits A Very Candid Interview With The Former First Lady - CBS News
		Ford told Stahl, "Well, to be serious, I've never, to my best recollection, told her to say things differently or to have a different point of view publicly.
		Ford said cabinet members did speak to her and her husband.
		Betty Ford was an honest and candid First Lady, sometimes more popular than her husband.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2007/01/05/60minutes/main2333527.shtml (801 words)

	Betty Ford: 'It's Been A Great Trip', Former First Lady Fought Addiction And Breast Cancer; Advocated Women's Rights - ...
		Betty Ford also displayed courage in discussing another subject taboo in the 1970s — her addiction to alcohol.
		Part of her enduring legacy is the establishment of the Betty Ford Center for Addiction Treatment.
		Betty Ford shared personal subjects with the public during the 1970s.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/12/27/eveningnews/main2303197.shtml (577 words)

	Betty Ford
		After 25 years as a Congressman, Gerald Ford had decided he would not run for re-election to Congress, until Spiro T. Agnew resigned as Vice President, and President Richard M. Nixon asked Ford to become Vice President.
		After her husband lost the White House to Jimmy Carter, she drank heavily, and was later shocked when all four of her adult children returned home one day to stage an "intervention".
		Ford began seeking donors to establish a private clinic for dealing with chemical and alcohol addiction.
	www.nndb.com /people/291/000025216 (647 words)

	ABC News: Betty Ford: Wife Who Helped Shape a President
		Former first lady Betty Ford discusses the 20th anniversary of the Betty Ford Center, as well as how she overcame her own alcohol addiction, in a 2002 television interview.
		She was a former model, dancer and fashion coordinator when they married shortly before Ford was first elected to Congress in 1948.
		By the time he ran for re-election as president in 1976, he was calling himself "Betty Ford's husband," and her brief time as first lady had made her a campaign asset.
	abcnews.go.com /WNT/Politics/story?id=2757452&page=1 (419 words)

	Betty Ford goes home following undisclosed surgery at Calif. hospital - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Former first lady Betty Ford was released from a hospital where she underwent surgery last week, her office said in a statement Monday.
		Ford, who turned 89 on Sunday, was released from Eisenhower Medical Center.
		Ford and the Ford family extend thanks to everyone for their prayers, well wishes, cards and flowers," the statement said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2007-04-09-betty-ford_N.htm?csp=34 (207 words)

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