CSPAN3 First Lady Betty Ford November 2, 2015
Now, betty ford. This is about 90 minutes. Being ladylike does not require silence. Why should my husband 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. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president ford expressed her experience with breast cancer. Through much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. Confronting it defined her post white house years. Tonight, we will tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of...