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  Pat Nixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He nicknamed his daughter "Pat" because he was of Irish and German extraction, but the family was not Catholic, although her father was baptized in that faith and was thought to have returned to it shortly before he died.
Pat had shared her husband's journeys abroad in his Vice Presidential years, including one trip to Venezuela where their car was pelted with rocks and they were spat upon.
Pat Nixon was in failing health in retirement and suffered a stroke in 1976, and again in 1982.
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 Richard Nixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nixon was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1946, defeating Democratic incumbent Jerry Voorhis for California's 12th Congressional district.
Nixon promised "peace with honor," and without claiming to be able to win the war, Nixon claimed that "new leadership will end the war and win the peace in the Pacific".
Nixon's sense of being persecuted by his "enemies," his grandiose belief in his own moral and political excellence, and his commitment to utilize ruthless power at all costs led some experts to describe him as having a narcissistic and paranoid personality.
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 Patricia Nixon, Wife of Former President, Dies at 81   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Nixon, a heavy smoker although she never permitted herself to be seen smoking in public, died of lung cancer.
For three decades Pat Nixon was always there, the loyal and sometimes obviously suffering wife standing stoically behind her husband as he pursued a career that took him to the unprecedented heights -- and depths -- of public life.
Nixon's last public appearances was in Yorba Linda, Calif., on July 19, 1990, for the dedication of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, and at a dinner that night for 1,600 friends at Los Angeles' Century Plaza Hotel.
www-tech.mit.edu /V113/N29/nixon.29w.html   (477 words)

  
 Presidential Wives: The life of Pat Nixon
Pat Nixon was a loving and loyal wife through good times, bad times and the worst of times.
Pat Nixon’s heart did not accompany her into the political arena, so any campaigning done for her husband was performed merely out of duty.
Pat Nixon was a source of strength and comfort for her husband, as she handled matters with calmness and poise.
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 First Ladies' Biographical Information
Nixon volunteered for  and was commissioned as a naval lieutenant (junior grade) and received his first active duty assignment to Ottumwa, Iowa, while Pat Nixon worked in a bank there.
Pat Nixon also used her role to make tangible the Administration's domestic agenda by "going into the field" and inspecting public works projects that illustrated issues that the President was simultaneously addressing.
Pat Nixon only rarely permitted the use of her name for various projects, including a San Clemente historical celebration, a fundraising effort to renovate and re-interpret the Smithsonian Institution's First Lady's exhibit, and a Carter Center conference on women and the U.S. Constitution.
www.firstladies.org /biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=38   (3652 words)

  
 American President
Pat Nixon supported her husband throughout the Watergate scandal and his subsequent resignation.
Such backing is remarkable given the stress and strain of a tenure that was marred by Pat's dislike of a political life, a West Wing that tried to control her schedule, her actions, and her appearances, and a widening personal gulf between her and the President.
In 1970, Pat Nixon remarked, "I just want to go down in history as the wife of the President." Though she is often remembered for this seemingly benign goal, Pat Nixon's tenure as First Lady should not be overshadowed by or forgotten because of the scandals and failures of her husband's presidency.
www.americanpresident.org /history/richardnixon/firstlady   (1285 words)

  
 Biography of THELMA CATHERINE RYAN NIXON
Although she was often criticized for appearing cold and contained in public, Pat Nixon was known for her private warmth.
Pat Nixon was not an activist First Lady in the style of Eleanor Roosevelt.
When Patricia Nixon died in 1993, there was a public outpouring of sympathy for the woman who had devoted her life to her husband.
www.multied.com /Bio/ladies/nixon.html   (451 words)

  
 American Experience | The Presidents | Richard M. Nixon | PBS
That is not Nixon speaking, but it is an independent audit which was requested because I want the American people to know all the facts and I am not afraid of having independent people go in and check the facts, and that is exactly what they did.
Pat sold her interest in her father's estate for $3,000, and I inherited $1,500 from my grandfather.
A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention that our two youngsters would like to have a dog, and, believe it or not, the day we left before this campaign trip we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore, saying they had a package for us.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/presidents/37_nixon/psources/ps_checkers.html   (3578 words)

  
 Nixon in China Show Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pat Nixon, the dutiful and loving wife, a Norman Rockwell portrait but a sympathetic one, devoted to her husband and her country.
But this scene operates on another level as well, for, as Pat Nixon sees the various sites her mind turns inward to memories of her own country, and she begins to reminisce on its heritage and history rather than on what is in front of her.
Mao is slipping ever more back into the past of his memories, while Pat Nixon remains wedded to the minutiae of her daily life ("There were those damned/Slipcovers, and the groceries.") and the war years, when she was separated from her husband and worried for him.
www.portlandopera.org /2005/nixon/about.shtml   (1496 words)

  
 Tribute to Pat Nixon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
She said that she had talked to Pat on the phone the Friday before the end, and that Pat was upbeat and cheerful, that they had some good laughs together.
Nixon in her last years was the exhibits and accessibility of the Nixon Library's museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. An aide recalls a visit from the Nixons in 1989 when the museum was being planned.
Part of Pat Nixon's legacy also lives in the lush gardens of the Nixon Library, which were landscaped according to designs approved by her.
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 Pat Nixon, C.M. Order of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pat Nixon, C.M., Executive Director of the Mustard Seed Street Ministry was appointed a Member of The Order of Canada by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson on February 8, 2005.
Pat was one of five Calgarians to be appointed to the Order of Canada at this time, our country's highest honour for lifetime achievement.
Pat Nixon and his wife Lise are shown here after the ceremonies in Ottawa on September 9, 2005.
www.theseed.ca /communityinvolve/new/newdetails/patorderofcanada.htm   (194 words)

  
 Thelma Catherine Ryan "Pat" Nixon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Her father, William Ryan, a copper miner, gave her the nickname of "Pat" when he called her his "St. Patrick's babe in the morn." Her birth certificate states she was born in Ely, but some old-timers have claimed she was either born in the towns of Lane City, Old Ruth or Kimberly.
While "Pat" was still very young, the Ryan family left the Ely area and moved to California to settle on a little truck farm near Los Angeles, California.
Thirteen-year-old Pat assumed the household duties for her father and two older brothers.
www.webpanda.com /white_pine_county/historical_society/prnixon.htm   (379 words)

  
 CNN.com - Pat Nixon honored in hometown - Mar. 14, 2003
Ninety-one years ago, Pat Nixon was born in a miner's shack high in the mountains of eastern Nevada.
Particulars of Pat Nixon's birth are mired in confusion.
Rocha thinks the source of the confusion over the birthplace is that Pat Nixon's father rented several dwellings in the four years the family lived in the area.
www.cnn.com /2003/US/Southwest/03/14/pat.nixon.ap   (732 words)

  
 Richard M. Nixon
Nixon and Pat in a portrait taken at the White House, September 1970.
Nixon in one of his favorite formal portraits, with a bust of Abraham Lincoln in the background, September 1970.
Nixon hugs his daughter, Julie, after informing her of his decision to resign the presidency, August 7, 1974.
www.gmu.edu /library/specialcollections/nixon.html   (1008 words)

  
 Pat Nixon receives Order of Cana
Over the past 20 years, Pat Nixon, the Executive Director of the Mustard Seed Street Ministry, has mobilized thousands of volunteers from local churches and businesses to provide their time, talent or cash to help street people get back on their feet.
Nixon is a dreamer who believes in miracles and as far as he’s concerned, he’s just getting started solving "some big problems for the street folks in our community." His method is to "care for the whole person, the way Christ cared for us." And his means is to mobilize the Church to do it.
Nixon said that when he was a law-breaking teen, he could have never fathomed his future as a husband and father of six sons, a leader in the community, a public speaker and award recipient.
www.calgarychristian.com /articles/510-pat_nixon.htm   (472 words)

  
 Pat Nixon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Julie nixon eisenhower (born july 5, 1948 in washington, d.c.) is the daughter of richard nixon and his wife pat....
Nixon was in failing health in retirement and suffered a stroke Cerebrovascular accident quick summary:
The richard nixon library & birthplace is the presidential library of richard milhous nixon, 37th president of the united states, located at 18001 yorba linda...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/pat_nixon.htm   (1814 words)

  
 Ely honors Pat Nixon (printable version)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
ELY— Ninety-one years ago, Pat Nixon was born in a miner’s shack high in the mountains of eastern Nevada.
Pat Nixon died June 22, 1993, at the age of 81.
During the 1952 presidential campaign, the Nixons were greeted by 1,500 people at a parade and rally in Ely — Pat Nixon’s only known visit to her birthplace.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=36373   (1149 words)

  
 Pat Nixon Statue Fact Sheet
Pat Nixon lived in a modest home on the corner of South Street and Ely Avenue from 1913 to 1930.
The City bought the site from Pat Nixon's brother in 1967, later dedicating the land as a park and maintaining her childhood home as a point of interest.
Nixon is depicted at the age of 55, standing in the Senior Center's rose garden with her hands resting behind her back.
www.ci.cerritos.ca.us /gallery/nixonfact.html   (231 words)

  
 Pat Nixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of Richard Nixon and First Lady of the United States from 1969-1974.
Her family soon moved to California and settled on a small truck farm in the city of Dairy Valley near Los Angeles.
They became acquainted at a Little Theater group when they were cast in the same play, and were married at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California on June 21, 1940.
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 Nixon in China
Preparing for Nixon's arrival by sweeping the snow in Beijing.
Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger on Air Force One en route to China.
Nixon with Madam Mao, Jiang Qing (of the famous "Gang of Four") at the performance.
www.gmu.edu /library/specialcollections/nixon_in_china.html   (349 words)

  
 PATRICIA NIXON
Pat and Richard became engaged and were married on June 21, 1940, in Riverside, California.
Pat would also give extravagant parties and receptions, her most famous being the wedding reception for her daughter Tricia, in the White House rose garden.
Pat's close relationship with her husband was quite strained during this time, as Richard refused to talk about the incident with anyone, including Pat.
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 Nixon, Pat - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Nixon, Pat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Following a difficult childhood, she taught in a California high school before marrying Richard Nixon in 1940.
She felt the strain of being a political wife acutely and she was not an active first lady.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Nixon White House Tapes
President Richard M. Nixon White House Tapes: 1971 conversations in the Oval Office with Ronald Reagan, on the vote to seat China at the UN, and with Attorney General John Mitchell, on the appointment of Lewis Powell to the Supreme Court.
Nixon's Staff Director Constance Stuart, author James Keogh, Pat Nixon, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, White House Special Counsel Charles Colson, and speechwriter William Safire.
President Richard M. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, White House Secretary Rose Mary Woods, U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers, White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob" Haldeman, OMB Director George Schultz, Treasury Secretary John Connally, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and White House aides Charles Colson and Patrick Buchanan.
www.c-span.org /executive/presidential/nixon.asp   (1039 words)

  
 Pat Nixon in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
'Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan Nixon' (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of Richard Nixon and First Lady of the United States from 1969- 1974.
Patrick's Day of Irish and German extraction, Pat Nixon acquired her nickname within hours, and eventually changed her name legally.
Nixon was in failing health in retirement and suffered a stroke in 1976 and again in 1982.
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 Thelma Catherine Pat Ryan Nixon
Her father, a miner in Ely, Nevada, gave her the nickname “Pat” because she was born the evening before St. Patrick's Day.
Pat worked her way through college, and became a high school teacher in Whittier, California.
She died on June 22, 1993, and is buried at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California.
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 Amazon.com: Nixon (1995) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Nixon is a penetrating, engrossing biography that both portrays him as a ruthless, vicous, paranoic lunatic and a character who elicits sympathy from the audience.
A third great scene is late in the film as a drunken Pat Nixon confronts Nixon, who is falling apart under the pressure of the Watergate investigation, her eyes the eyes of woman looking at a worm, her manner accusatory and venomous.
Joan Allen as Pat Nixon, the president's straight-laced and ever loyal (in public) wife was something close to a dead-ringer, and Allen did a brilliant job of bringing the historical first lady to life.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304078110?v=glance   (2855 words)

  
 Nixon aides say Felt is no hero - MSNBC TV Live - MSNBC.com
He was put in a position in which the FBI director was extremely loyal to Nixon in an atmosphere of wiretaps and break-ins.
Nixon was a little paranoid sometimes about people leaking things, so he would have been blaming Mark Felt and anybody else he could think of.
I know Richard Nixon well enough -- no paragon of moral virtue - but out of expediency, if he thought the FBI really had the goods on him, he would have turned off what was going on in the White House and he might have saved the government.
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 Daily Celebrations ~ Pat Nixon, The Deepest Pleasure ~ March 16 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire
"First Daughter" Margaret Truman described Pat Nixon as "one of the most gifted, hardest working First Ladies in the long history of the White House," who struggled to play a role she hated for the sake of the man she loved.
Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan Nixon (1912 -1993) was born on this day in a Nevada miner's shack.
Nixon disliked politics, but was a tireless campaigner.
www.dailycelebrations.com /031600.htm   (322 words)

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