President and Mrs. Ford Read a petition, signed by all 100 members of the United States Senate, in the presidential suite at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD, after the first women's breast cancer surgery. 10-2-1974 White House photograph courtesy Gerald r. Ford Library, David Hume KennerlyThe former First Lady Betty Ford have died of natural causes at age 93. Mrs. Ford was diagnosed with breast cancer during President Ford's time at the White House, and she published the news. Betty Ford broke the barrier of silence that had cloaked breast cancer, and opened the door for public discussion of the disease and its prevention and treatment. -I think I was born to be frank, "she said," Hopefully, it has been useful to others. "
Betty Ford candor has benefited many of us, and will continue to do so for many years to come., she openly about her mastectomy for breast cancer and about one and a half years of the White House, she began treatment for drug and alcohol use addiction. no dark secrets to the former Betty Anne Bloomer-who once worked as a dance teacher and fashion model, she married former lawyer Gerald Ford after a brief first marriage, and was quickly brought into the world of national politics, The senneolitikum had four children and Betty took much of the traditional roles around his home, while keeping with the policy and society.
Ford served in Congress for 13 terms and eventually won the position of House Minority Leader in 1973, Ford became late Nixon's second term as Vice President of the Watergate scandal that broke and public protests and distrust of Nixon leadership mounted, President Nixon took the unprecedented step to resign from office. Gerald Ford then became the 38th President of the United States, only a few weeks after Ford tillträddeBetty Ford was diagnosed with breast cancer during a routine checkup and First Lady role would never be the same!
Betty Ford used to his gift of the outspokenness of the equal rights amendment (ERA), abortion and equal rights in divorce, she once took the hush-hush topic of breast cancer out of the closet and into the public spotlight. her candor about her mastectomy and diagnosis inspired many other women to start doing routine breast self-exams and mammograms. after leaving the White House Betty Ford was forced to confront her addiction to pain medication and alcohol, again she was open about this previously taboo topic her. recycling paved the way for the establishment of the Betty Ford Center for the rehabilitation and recovery., she was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H.W. Bush in 1991 and eight years later the Congressional Gold Medal, and the Woodrow Wilson Award for public service.
Mrs. Ford had a difficult task as first lady, to help people to regain confidence in the Government after a historic national scandal as she could have kept his diagnosis private-she had all the resources that are available to help her cope with, but she chose otherwise. Betty Ford said, "we were in a position where my husband had been sworn into office for a very, very difficult time. It would have been so much during the Watergate cover-up that we wanted to be sure there would be no cover-up in the Ford Administration. So rather than continue this traditional silence about breast cancer, we knew we had to be public. "I'm so glad she made this explicit choice!
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