Betty Ford
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 Betty Ford facts

• As First Lady, she was active in social policy and created precedents as a politically active presidential wife
• Throughout her husband's term in office, she maintained high approval ratings despite opposition from some conservative Republicans who objected to her more moderate and liberal positions on social issues
• Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy
• In addition, she was a passionate supporter of, and activist for, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
• Pro-choice on abortion and a leader in the Women's Movement, she gained fame as one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on every hot-button issue of the time, including feminism, equal pay, the ERA, sex, drugs, abortion, and gun control
• She also raised awareness of addiction when in the 1970s, she announced her long-running battle with alcoholism and substance abuse, being the first First Lady to do so
• Following her White House years, she continued to lobby for the ERA and remained active in the feminist movement
• She was the founder, and served as the first chair of the board of directors, of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction
• She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal (co-presentation with her husband, Gerald R
• Ford, October 21, 1998) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (presented 1991 by George H