biography
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Ford, Betty
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popular name of Elizabeth Bloomer Ford, née Warren
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1918– )
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| biography:
| US first lady (1974–7), born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Trained as a dancer, she spent a few years in the 1930s with the Martha Graham company. Her first marriage ended in divorce, and she married Gerald Ford in 1948. A most outspoken first lady, she endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment and women's right to abortion. Following the presidency and her own problems with alcohol and drugs, she helped establish a highly publicized treatment centre in California. |
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