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'''Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford''' (April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011<ref name="NYTobit">{{registration required|date=July 2011}} {{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/09/us/politics/betty-ford-dies.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries|title=Betty Ford, Former First Lady, Dies at 93|date=July 8, 2011|work= [[The New York Times]]|author=[[Enid Nemy|Nemy, Enid]]|accessdate=July 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= Staff|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/08/betty.ford.dies/index.html|title=Former First Lady Betty Ford Dies at the Age of 93|publisher= [[CNN]]|date=July 9, 2011|accessdate=July 9, 2011}}</ref>), better known as '''Betty Ford''', was [[First Lady of the United States]] from 1974 to 1977 during the [[President of the United States|presidency]] of her husband [[Gerald Ford]]. 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 [[Republican Party (United States)|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]] and was a passionate supporter of, and activist for, the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] (ERA). [[Pro-choice]] on abortion and a leader in the [[Feminist Movement in the United States|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 for women|equal pay]], the ERA, sex, drugs, abortion, and [[gun control]]. She also raised awareness of [[Substance use disorder|addiction]] when she announced her long-running battle with alcoholism in the 1970s.
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