First Lady Betty Ford
Mrs. Betty Ford, wife of U.S. President Gerald Ford in a November 1978 photo. (UPI Photo/Files)
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Added July 13, 2011 with 17 photos
Former first lady Betty Ford was remembered at her funeral service in California Tuesday as a woman unafraid of speaking out on taboo subjects.
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Added July 12, 2011 with 20 photos
Former First Lady Betty Ford died this weekend -- UPI celebrates her life with photos from the archives.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 14 (UPI) -- Former U.S. first lady Betty Ford was eulogized Thursday as a trailblazer who inspired generations of women to face the realities of illness and addition.
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., July 12 (UPI) -- Police in Palm Springs, Calif., said they closed roads around the church where funeral services for Betty Ford were to be held Tuesday.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. first lady Betty Ford has died, the director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Ann Arbor, Mich., said Friday. She was 93.
LOS ANGELES, April 2 (UPI) -- Lindsay Lohan says a 911 call backs up her version of a December confrontation with a worker at the Betty Ford Center in California, a source told TMZ.com.
NEW YORK, May 24 (UPI) -- Nancy Reagan and Hillary Clinton are Americans' favorite first ladies of the past 36 years, survey results released Monday indicate.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., April 8 (UPI) -- Betty Ford, widow of U.S. President Gerald Ford, turned 91 Wednesday with plans for a quiet birthday at her home in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
DETROIT, March 22 (UPI) -- A museum director says the life of former first lady Betty Ford, who is the focus of a new TV documentary, has been full of great accomplishments.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver went exactly the way Barack Obama wanted it to -- and it was a catastrophe for him and his party.
LOS ANGELES, April 19 (UPI) -- Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Nicholas III is in the Betty Ford Center where he will spend a month in an alcohol-rehabilitation program, his attorney said.
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