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Betty Ford and Chris Chase, The Times of My Life (1978), covers her life through the White House years, and Betty: A Glad Awakening (1987), discusses the years after 1977. A short biography is John Pope, “Betty (Elizabeth Ann Bloomer) Ford,” in Lewis L. Gould (ed.), American First Ladies (1996), pp. 536–555. Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld, First Lady’s Lady: With the Fords at the House House (1979), presents the perspective of Betty Ford’s press secretary.
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Betty Boyd Caroli has written extensively about American first ladies. A graduate of Oberlin College, she holds a master's degree in Mass Communications from the Annenberg School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in American Civilization from New York University.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: PBS News Hour - Betty Ford: The Real Deal. | Aug 15, 2026 | ||
| Modified age appropriateness: PBS News Hour - Betty Ford: The Real Deal. | Aug 15, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 04, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | May 22, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - Betty Ford: A New Kind of First Lady. | Feb 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - Betty Ford: A gift to America. | Aug 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - First Lady Betty Ford: A Legacy of Transparency. | Jun 24, 2025 | ||
| Article updated for style; media added. | Jul 24, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iowa State University - Archives of Women's Political Communication - Betty A Ford. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: White House Historical Association - Biography of Betty Ford. | Sep 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Miller Center - Elizabeth "Betty" Ford. | May 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum - Betty Ford. | Jan 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gerald R. Ford Foundation - Betty Ford. | Oct 14, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN US - Betty Ford Fast Facts. | Aug 08, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women�s Hall of Fame - Biography of Betty Ford. | Aug 31, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation - Chronobiography of Betty Ford. | May 30, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: US Presidents - Betty Ford. | May 29, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Betty Ford, Forthright and Inspirational First Lady, Dies at 93. | Mar 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National First Ladies' Library - First Lady Biography: Betty Ford. | Oct 07, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jul 31, 2012 | ||
| Added location of death (Rancho Mirage, California). | Jul 08, 2011 | ||
| Betty Ford died on July 8, 2011. | Jul 08, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jun 25, 2009 | ||
| Article updated and revised. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 07, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The White House - Biography of Elizabeth Anne Bloomer Ford. | Aug 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | May 28, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 06, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Feb 15, 2001 |
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