Betty Ford, trailblazing former first lady, featured on new stamp
Betty Ford, the trailblazing former first lady who raised awareness for breast cancer and substance use disorders and passionately advocated for the Equal Rights Amendment, is the subject of a new stamp unveiled Wednesday by the U.S. Postal Service.
Ford served as first lady from 1974 to 1977. Her husband, former President Gerald Ford, had been a longtime Republican congressman from Grand Rapids. He is the only president in U.S. history who had never been elected president or vice president after separate scandals forced the resignations of former Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Richard Nixon.
While the Ford family didn’t plan on inhabiting the White House, Betty Ford rose to the occasion, first lady Jill Biden said on Wednesday.
“There is no roadmap for becoming a first lady, let alone becoming one overnight,” Biden said. “As she did with everything in her life, Betty Ford threw herself into the new role.”
