CSPAN First Ladies Influence Image December 8, 2013
Being lady like does not require silence. Why should my husbands job or yours prevent us from being ourselves . I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. [applause] betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment. She and gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life she struggled with alcohol and drug dependency and confronting it defined her post white house years. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the...