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As First Lady, she was active in social policy and created precedents as a politically active presidential wife. Ford also served as the Second Lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974. </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ford" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Betty Ford"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/32032e/">For 14 years, I'd been on medication for the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the muscle spasms in my neck, and I'd lost my tolerance for pills. If I had a single drink, the alcohol, on top of the pills, would make me groggy.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="32032e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="32032e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/32032e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=For%2014%20years%2C%20I%27d%20been%20on%20medication%20for%20the%20pinched%20nerve%2C%20the%20arthritis%2C%20the%20muscle%20spasms%20in%20my%20neck%2C%20and%20I%27d%20lost%20my%20tolerance%20for%20pills.%20If%20I%20had%20a%20single%20drink%2C%20the%20alcohol%2C%20on%20top%20of%20the%20pills%2C%20would%20make%20me%20groggy.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F32032e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/267/">Lost</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/440/">Single</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1337/">Drink</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/320326/">Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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My reaction to the words was total denial.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0c496"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0c496" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/0c496/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27ll%20never%20forget%20the%20day%20that%20I%20was%20told%20I%20would%20have%20to%20have%20a%20mastectomy.%20My%20reaction%20to%20the%20words%20was%20total%20denial.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F0c496%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/99/">Words</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/220399/">What man could afford to pay for all the things a wife does, when she's a cook, a mistress, a chauffeur, a nurse, a baby-sitter? But because of this, I feel women ought to have equal rights, equal Social Security, equal opportunities for education, an equal chance to establish credit.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="220399"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="220399" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/220399/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=What%20man%20could%20afford%20to%20pay%20for%20all%20the%20things%20a%20wife%20does%2C%20when%20she%27s%20a%20cook%2C%20a%20mistress%2C%20a%20chauffeur%2C%20a%20nurse%2C%20a%20baby-sitter%3F%20But%20because%20of%20this%2C%20I%20feel%20women%20ought%20to%20have%20equal%20rights%2C%20equal%20Social%20Security%2C%20equal%20opportunities%20for%20education%2C%20an%20equal%20chance%20to%20establish%20credit.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F220399%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/124/">Men</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/386/">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/721/">She</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/1c49b/">And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink.' Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1c49b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1c49b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/1c49b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=And%20I%20have%20always%20told%20the%20patients%20when%20I%20talk%20to%20them.%20When%20they%20come%20around%20and%20say%2C%20%27What%20will%20you%20have%20to%20drink%3F%20Oh%20that%27s%20right%20you%20don%27t%20drink.%27%20Just%20speak%20up%20and%20say%2C%20%27Of%20course%20I%20drink.%20But%20I%20just%20don%27t%20drink%20alcohol.%27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F1c49b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1306/">Alcohol</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; 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The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0c491"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0c491" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/0c491/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20believe%20the%20equal%20rights%20amendment%20is%20a%20necessity%20of%20life%20for%20all%20citizens.%20The%20cabinet%20sometimes%20felt%20that%20I%20shouldn%27t%20be%20so%20outspoken.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F0c491%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/67/">Believe</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/020297/">That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="020297"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="020297" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/020297/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=That%27s%20what%20we%27re%20here%20on%20this%20Earth%20for%2C%20to%20help%20others.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F020297%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/483/">Help</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/801/">Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4358/">Helping</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/12045c/">A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="12045c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="12045c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/12045c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20liberated%20woman%20is%20one%20who%20feels%20confident%20in%20herself%2C%20and%20is%20happy%20in%20what%20she%20is%20doing.%20She%20is%20a%20person%20who%20has%20a%20sense%20of%20self-it%20all%20comes%20down%20to%20a%20freedom%20of%20choice.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F12045c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/721/">She</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/456/">Happy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/779/">Freedom</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/3c285/">I really didn't want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3c285"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3c285" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/3c285/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20really%20didn%27t%20want%20to%20have%20my%20name%20on%20the%20center%2C%20because%20it%20just%20seemed%20like%20it%20was%20too%20much%20of%20a%20personal%20thing.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F3c285%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/0c493/">We're full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care, helps them with their success. Because it's difficult the first year.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0c493"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0c493" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/0c493/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%27re%20full%20all%20the%20time.%20And%20people%20do%20have%20good%20success%20and%20I%20think%20one%20of%20the%20programs%20at%20the%20center%2C%20the%20Continuing%20Care%2C%20helps%20them%20with%20their%20success.%20Because%20it%27s%20difficult%20the%20first%20year.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F0c493%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/1c49c/">Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they stood by the street and had in their hands placards that said 'Gerald Our Ford'. That meant so much to us as we were driving into Washington.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1c49c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1c49c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/1c49c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Isn%27t%20that%20wonderful%3F%20When%20we%20drove%20through%20several%20of%20the%20places%20we%20lived%20-%20Grand%20Rapids%2C%20Washington%20-%20they%20all%20had%20those%20placards.%20That%20they%20stood%20by%20the%20street%20and%20had%20in%20their%20hands%20placards%20that%20said%20%27Gerald%20Our%20Ford%27.%20That%20meant%20so%20much%20to%20us%20as%20we%20were%20driving%20into%20Washington.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F1c49c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/898/">Driving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/22039d/">I had thought I would hate being First Lady... I loved it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11113/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/11113.v3.jpg" alt="Betty Ford"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Betty Ford</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="22039d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="22039d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11113/22039d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20had%20thought%20I%20would%20hate%20being%20First%20Lady...%20I%20loved%20it.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11113%2F22039d%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/55/">Hate</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/7746/">Firsts</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/8291/">First Lady</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11113/0202a5/">I don't feel that because I'm First Lady, I'm very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. 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