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(From left): First Ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Pat Nixon, and Lady Bird Johnson at the Dedication of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California; November 4, 1991. (first lady)
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Additional Reading

A short but substantially complete summary of Pat Nixon’s life is Carl Sferrazza Anthony, “Patricia (Thelma Catherine Ryan) Nixon,” in Lewis L. Gould (ed.), American First Ladies (1996), pp. 520–535. A longer treatment is Lester David, The Lonely Lady of San Clemente: The Story of Pat Nixon (1978). Her daughter’s perspective is given in Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Pat Nixon: The Untold Story (1986).

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  • Betty Boyd Caroli
    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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Add new Web site: Potter's Wax Museum - Pat Nixon. Sep 11, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 18, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Mary Washington - Great Lives - Pat Nixon. Jun 16, 2026
Anniversary information added. Mar 12, 2026
Add new Web site: National First Ladies Library and Museum - Pat Nixon. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Iowa State University - Archives of Women's Political Communication - Thelma Catherine ?Pat? Nixon. Sep 27, 2024
Article updated for style; media added. Jul 24, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Miller Center - Thelma Nixon. Jul 28, 2023
Add new Web site: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library Foundation - Biography of Pat Nixon. Jan 25, 2023
Add new Web site: US Presidents - Pat Nixon. Nov 07, 2019
Add new Web site: The White House Historical Association - Biography of Patricia Nixon. Dec 13, 2016
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Pat Nixon, Former First Lady, Dies at 81. Dec 13, 2016
Add new Web site: Independent - Obituary of Pat Nixon. Dec 13, 2016
Add new Web site: History Central - Battle of Brandywine. Feb 05, 2013
Add new Web site: National First Ladies' Library - First Lady Biography: Pat Nixon. Feb 05, 2013
Added new Web site: The White House - Patricia Ryan Nixon. Jan 07, 2008
Media added. Jan 03, 2008
Article revised. May 28, 2004
Article revised. Dec 06, 2002
Article revised. Feb 15, 2001
Article revised. Dec 01, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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