Background
Ford, Betty Bloomer was born on April 8, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William Stephenson and Hortence (Neahr) Bloomer.
(Betty Ford: a Ballerina-turned-First Lady of the United S...)
Betty Ford: a Ballerina-turned-First Lady of the United States, offered so much in the way of the arts, beauty, elegance, and her dignity as wife to Gerald Ford. Underneath her beauty and smile was an addiction to pills and other malady's yet she once again fought, and won over, her demons to rise, like the phoenix from the ash. A remarkable lady; a remarkable book about her life and wisdoms gain in her lifetime and circumstances.
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Ford, Betty Bloomer was born on April 8, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William Stephenson and Hortence (Neahr) Bloomer.
Studied, Bennington School of Dance, 1937. Studied with Martha Graham, Graham School of Dance, New York City, 1937. Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Michigan, 1976.
Dancer Martha Graham Concert Group, New York City, 1939-1941. Fashion director Herpolscheimer's Department Store, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1943-1948. Dance instructor, 1932-1948.
First Lady of the United States, 1974—1977. Co-founder Susan G. Komen Foundation, 1982. Co-founder (with Leonard Firestone), chairman The Betty Ford Center, Rancho Mirage, California, since 1982.
(Betty Ford: a Ballerina-turned-First Lady of the United S...)
Board of directors National Arthritis Foundation (honorary). Trustee Martha Graham Dance Center, Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage. Honorary chairman Palm Springs Desert Museum.
National trustee National Symphony Orchestra. Board directors The Lambs, Libertyville, Illinois.
Married William G. Warren, 1942 (divorced 1947). Married Gerald R. Ford (38th President United States), October 15, 1948. Children: Michael Gerald, John Gardner, Steven Meigs, Susan Elizabeth.