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She grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan from age three. She studied dance at the Calla Travis Dance Studio and attended the Benningtoon Vermon School of Dance. She studied dance under Martha Graham, and worked as a Powers model in New York.
Her mother urged her to return from New York to Grand Rapids: she did so in 1941, becoming fashion coordinator for Herpolscheimer's department store.
In 1942 she married her first husband, William G. Warren, a furniture salesman. They divorced in 1947.
On October 15, 1948 she married Gerald Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr), at Grace Episcopal Church, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was then in his first Congressional election campaign, and would eventually become the 40th Vice President of the United States and the 38th President of the United StatesThe President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander in chief of the armed forces. Because of the superpower status of th.
Gerald Ford became President in 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped on the forced resignation of President Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon ( January 9, 1913 April 22, 1994) was the thirty-sixth ( 1953 1961) Vice President, and the thirty-seventh ( 1969 1974) President of the United States. He is the only man to have been elected twice to the Vice Presidency and twice to, who had named Gerald Ford to the Vice Presidency in 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led.
Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States by Chief Justice Warren Burger as Mrs. Ford looks on.
Shortly after Betty Ford became First Lady she underwent a mastectomyIn medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to combat breast cancer; in some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation for breast cancer: she became a spokesman about the importance of early detection. In 1978 her family forced her to confront her own alcoholism and addiction to analgesic drugs and seek treatment. After her recovery, she established the Betty Ford Center for the treatment of chemical dependency.
The Fords have three sons and one daughter:
| Preceded by: Pat Nixon |
First Ladies of the United States | Succeeded by: Rosalynn Carter |
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