birth of, 58
childhood of, 58–59, 61–62, 67, 72–84, 90–96
Ford presidency and, 142, 155, 166, 219, 230, 233, 234, 235, 236
his father’s death and funeral, 339, 341
his father’s nomination as vice president by Nixon, 111, 112
marriage to Gayle, 127–28, 137, 141, 142, 328
Secret Service and, 142, 158–59
Ford, Richard, 33, 87
Ford, Steven Meigs, xii, xiii, xvi–xvii, 65, 118, 119, 125, 142, 169, 182, 328, 336, 350
alcoholism of, 328–30, 350
Betty’s substance abuse and, 96, 273, 277, 281, 285, 290–91, 306
birth of, 65
childhood of, 65, 66, 72–84, 90–96, 102–4
Ford presidency and, 142, 145, 166, 212, 214, 219, 230, 233, 234, 235, 236
graduation from high school, 135–36
his father’s death and funeral, 339, 341
press and, 121–22, 291
Secret Service and, 116, 142, 158–59, 161, 166, 214, 328
sobriety of, 350
Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 179
Ford, Thomas, 33, 47, 87, 233
Ford and Buchen, 36
Ford Bales, Susan Elizabeth, xii, xiii, xiv, xvii, 67, 118, 119, 120–21, 126, 142, 182, 192, 205, 206, 260, 333, 335, 336, 350, 351
as advocate for women’s health issues, 350
Betty’s breast cancer and, 168–73, 176–78
Betty’s substance abuse and, 93–96, 258–69, 275–79, 280–98
birth of, 67
childhood of, 67, 69, 70, 72–84, 90–98, 102–4, 275, 290
in China, 216–17
Christmas in Vail, 182–85
Ford Bales, Susan Elizabeth (cont.)
fixer role of, 93–94, 96, 275–76
Ford presidency and, 142, 145, 148–49, 155–57, 166, 168, 176–78, 198–99, 214, 216, 219–20, 223, 228–29, 230, 233, 234, 235, 236
her father’s death and funeral, 339, 341, 342, 348
her father’s nomination as vice president by Nixon, 110–16
marriage to Chuck Vance, 304, 306, 328
press and, 121–22, 220
Secret Service and, 116, 126–27, 133–34, 142, 158–59, 166, 198, 214, 220, 304
in White House, 155–57, 166, 168, 176–78, 193, 198–99, 223
as White house hostess, 177–78, 198–99
Forrestal, USS, 221
Fountain Street Elementary School, 6
Fouty, Dr. William, 168, 173
France, 181
Frazier, Richard, 110
Friedan, Betty, The Feminine Mystique, 95
Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,” 211–12, 327
furniture industry, 4, 10
Garagiola, Joe, 233
gay community, and AIDS, 326–27
General Services Administration, 119–245
genetics, and alcoholism, 291, 294, 329
Georgetown, 55, 127
George Washington High School, 103
George Washington Memorial Parkway, 142
Georgia, 128–31, 234
Gerald R. Ford, USS, 347–48
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 331, 336, 342, 343, 347, 350
Germany, 274
Girl Scouts, 132
Godwin, Arthur Meigs, 22, 25, 26, 43, 53–54, 57, 65, 66
Godwin, Hortense Bloomer, 3–8, 9–10, 13, 14, 22, 25, 39, 53–54
death of, 54
relationship with daughter Betty, 6–7, 14–16, 20, 22–23, 25–26, 43–44, 53–54
Goldberg, Whoopi, 328
Goldwater, Barry, 87
golf, 194, 213, 245, 268
Golubin, Elison, 103, 134
Golubin, Reagan, 103, 134
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 102
Grace Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 48, 252, 343
Graeber, George, 140
Graham, Billy, 222
Graham, Martha, 17, 18–19, 20–23, 200–201, 313, 332
Betty and, 20–23, 200–201, 249
dance troupe, 20–23, 200–201
Gramshammer, Pepi, 183–84, 334
Gramshammer, Sheika, 183–84, 259, 260, 334
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 4–16, 19, 22, 23–24, 31, 32, 34, 35, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49, 61, 63, 137, 199, 231–32, 252, 269, 342
Grand Rapids Concert Dance Group, 24
Grand Rapids Herald, 12
Grand Rapids Press, 14
Grand River, 4, 343
Grant, Cary, 222, 224
Great Britain, 222, 223
Great Depression, 10, 14
Green Bay Packers, 31
Greenbrier, 75
Grier, Annie, 245, 248, 249, 256
Griffin, Merv, 213
Guardian (yacht), 71
Haig, Alexander, 112, 138–39, 140, 148
Haldeman, H. R., 106, 107
Halston, 201, 313–14
Hamlisch, Marvin, 247
Hampden-Sydney College, 126
Harper & Row Publishing, 248
Harris, Natalie, 17, 20
Hartmann, Bob, 172
Hartt’s Resort, Pierson, Michigan, 5–6, 10
Hartwig, Dick, 156–57, 190, 213, 214
Hawaii, 65, 234
Hay-Adams Hotel, 217
Hazelden, 283, 312, 323, 350
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, 350
Hearst, Patty, 126
helicopter, presidential, 212, 251
Hepburn, Katharine, 21
heroin, 349
Herpolsheimer’s Department Store, 11, 16, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29, 31, 38, 41, 45
Hewitt, Don, 201, 202
Hill, Clint, 144
Hill, Martha, 17
Hills, Carla, 204
Holkeboer, Anne, 78
Holm, Hanya, 17
Holt, Palmer, 126, 134
Holton-Arms, Bethesda,
Maryland, 103–4, 110, 183, 219
Honey Fitz (yacht), 71, 72
Hook, Wally, 10
Hoover, Herbert, 338
Hope, Bob, 222, 224, 263, 311
Hope, Dolores, 263, 269, 286, 311
Horst, Louis, 17, 20
Hotel-Gasthof Gramshammer, 183–84
House Appropriations Committee, 86, 119
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 44
House of Representatives, US, 55, 59, 62, 89, 98, 101, 117, 339
Ford’s career in, xvi, 49, 51, 55–56, 62–63, 68–72, 86, 89–92, 98, 104, 114, 130, 339–40
House Republican Conference, 86
Houston, 269
Howard Devron’s Orchestra, 158
Howe, James, 196, 197
Howe, Lisa Courtney, 121, 196
Howe, Nancy, 121, 128, 129, 130, 154, 157, 160, 167–68, 170, 177, 179, 191, 192–94, 196–97
“palace guard” attitude of, 192–94
Tongsun Park scandal and, 196–97
Hudson, Rock, 327
Humphrey, Doris, 17
Humphrey, Hubert H., 55, 72, 97, 98, 137
Humphrey, Muriel, 55, 72
Hussein, King of Jordan, 153, 157, 305
Idaho, 40, 41, 230
Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria, Virginia, 63, 154
immigrants, 4
Independence, Missouri, 231
inflation, 190–91
Innamorati, Bob, 127
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 135
International Women’s Year, 187, 214–15
intervention, 277, 308–9, 322
for Betty, xi–xvii, 277, 280–98
Iran, 305
Irwin, Bill, 5
Irwin, Charlotte Neahr, 5
Irwin, Earle, 5
Irwin, Shine, 5, 13
Israel, 305
Italy, 66, 197
Jackson, Andrew, 109
Jackson, Michael, 313
Jacksonville University, 102
Jagger, Mick, 313
Jamaica, 219, 220
; Japan, 36, 60, 197
attack on Pearl Harbor, 36
Javits, Jacob, 233
John Robert Powers Agency, 21, 35
Johnson, Lady Bird, 56, 72, 163, 170, 222, 256
Johnson, Luci, 170
Johnson, Lynda, 170, 341
Johnson, Lyndon B., 56, 72, 86, 170, 338
death of, 170
presidency of, 86, 87, 89, 93, 97, 158
Ranch, 256
Johnson, Vernon, 277
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, 99
Jones, Mary Adelaide, 10, 41
Jones, Walt, 10, 41, 42
Jonkman, Barney, 44–45, 47
Jordan, 153, 157, 305
Junior League, 9, 19, 29
Kansas City, Missouri, 228–30
Keaton, Diane, 201
Keeler, Nancy, 24
Keiser, Dick, 115, 182, 185–86
Kennedy, Jacqueline. See Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy, John F., 69–72, 85, 145, 187, 338
assassination of, 85–86, 220
as congressman, 70–71
presidency of, 69–72, 85
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 220
Kennedy, Kevin, 116
Kennedy, Robert F., assassination of, 97
Kennerly, David, 109–10, 116, 123–25, 135, 140, 147–49, 170, 172, 176, 178, 190, 193, 194–95, 197, 219, 235, 236, 239–40, 340, 351
in Vietnam, 194–95
Kent Country Club, 48
Khan, Ayub, 71
Khmer Rouge, 195
Kindel, Nancy, 99
Kindel, Ted, 98, 99
King, Larry, 326
King, Leslie Lynch, 32, 33
Kissinger, Henry, xii, 302–3
Kleindienst, Richard, 106
Kmart, 318
Kojak (TV show), 222
Komen, Susan B., 174, 330–31
Korean Central Intelligence Agency, 197
Kristofferson, Kris, 247
labor laws, 188
Ladies Home Journal, 69–70
“The Lady Is a Tramp” (song), 224
Laird, Mel, 107–8
Lake Michigan, 34, 43, 57, 87
Larry King Live (TV show), 326
LaSalle’s Department Store, 28
Las Vegas, 316
LBJ Ranch, 256
“Legendary Women of America,” 162
Leigh, Vivien, 21
Lewis, Ann, 24
Liberty (dog), 178, 183
Librium, 285
Liddy, G. Gordon, 100, 106
limousine, presidential, 190
Lincoln, Abraham, 119
Little League baseball, 79
Livingood, Bill, 340, 341
Logan, Mary Lou, 127, 141, 165
Lombardi, Vince, 245
London, 13
Long Beach Naval Hospital, alcohol rehabilitation center at, 286–96, 348
Look magazine, 35
Lopez, Priscilla, 250
Los Angeles, 22, 213, 304
Los Angeles Times, 326
Louisville, Kentucky, 252
Lucifer (ballet), 200
Luft, Lorna, 323
Lukash, Dr. William, 168–69, 172, 173, 175, 182, 183, 196, 197, 226–27, 253, 258
Luzania, Ernie, 211
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove, 170
MacGraw, Ali, 323–24
Mahon, George H., 119–20
Mako, Laura, 261–62
mammograms, 174–75, 186, 348
Manfuso, Barbara, 121, 183, 185
Manson, Charles, 211
Mantle, Mickey, 67
marijuana, 163, 205
Marine Band, US, 223–24
Marine One, 251
Marines, US, 71, 197
Marks, Dorothy, 123
Martin, Graham, 194
Martin, John, 21
Martinique, 181, 197
Mary Free Bed Guild, 9, 19, 29, 37
Maryland, 107
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV show), 217–18, 324
Mason, Geoff, 325–26
mastectomy, 168, 171, 172–76, 249, 283, 310
Matanich, Todd, 344
Matson, Patti, 206, 223, 224
Mayo Clinic, 334, 335–36
Mays, Willie, 222
McCall, C. W., “Convoy,” 221
McCall’s magazine, 163, 210
McCallum Desert Foundation, 312
McCarthy, Eugene, 55–56
McCarthy, Abigail, 55
McCord, James, 100, 106
McDonald’s, 134
McGovern, George, 101
medication. See drugs, prescription
Meier, John, 348
Merson, Jim, 198
Miami, 97
Michigan, 4–16, 44, 47, 87, 106, 200, 221, 231–32, 342
Michigan Wolverines, 12, 31, 40, 47, 48, 342
Middle East, 305–6
Milanowski, John, 60, 68–69
military draft, for women, 188
Miltich, Paul, 109
Minnelli, Liza, 313, 323
Betty Ford Center and, 323, 328
Minnesota, 55, 56, 312
“Minnesota Method,” 312
Miss Calla Travis School of Dancing, 7–9, 10, 15, 19, 20, 23
Missouri, 231
modern dance, 9, 17–23, 74, 200–201
Moe, Jerry, 322, 326
Mondale, Walter, 231
Monkman, Betty, 138, 164
Montana, 230
Monterey, USS, 36
Moore, Mary Tyler, 217–18, 324
at Betty Ford Center, 324
Moore, Sara Jane, 214
Moscow, 263–64, 265, 270–72, 325
Mount Vernon, 68, 71, 142
state dinner, 71–72
Mount Vernon Association, 71
Mount Vernon College, 216
movies, 15, 103, 247
Murphy, Mary, 260
Muskie, Edmund, 98
“Muskrat Love” (song), 224
myelogram, 253–56
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 350
National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year, 187
National Council on Alcoholism, 297
National Day of Mourning, 337, 338, 341
National Enquirer, 135, 220, 228
National Football League (NFL), 31
National Park Service, US, 142
National Symphony Orchestra, 72
National Women’s Conference, 269
Naval Observatory mansion, 137–38, 141
Naval Regional Medical Center, Long Beach, California, 287
Navy, US, 36, 71, 137, 138, 154, 287, 320, 339, 347–48
drug and rehabilitation program, 287
USS Gerald R. Ford, 347–48
NBC, 180, 182, 234, 247, 261, 263, 264, 270, 297, 301
NBC Sports, 324
Nessen, Ron, 183, 202, 207, 214
Neuman, Frank, 37
Neuman, Peg, 37, 38
New Mexico, 230
Newsweek, 85
Newton-John, Olivia, 313
New West magazine, 260
New York City, 9, 16, 20–23, 34–35, 41–42, 138, 180, 191, 200–201, 221–22, 228, 247–51, 270, 301, 313–14
New York Daily News, 208
New York Harbor, 222
New York Times, 21, 206, 207, 229
New York Yankees, 67
Nicks, Stevie, 324
Nixon, Pat, 56, 60, 99, 114–15, 118, 140, 154, 156, 163, 179, 180
Betty and, 114–15, 144
leaves White House, 143–45
Nixon, Richard M., 56, 60, 97–98, 118
China policy, 99–101
inauguration of, 99
leaves White House, 143–45
1968 presidential campaign, 97–98
1972 presidential campaign, 101
nominates Ford as vice president, 107–16, 237
pardoned by Ford, 139, 163, 165, 176, 333
photographer of, 148
presidency of, 98, 99–101, 104, 107–16, 138–45, 148, 159, 169
resignation of, 141–45, 147, 333
tapes, 138
Vietnam War and, 194
Watergate and, 100, 106–7, 121, 122, 138–45
Nixon, Tricia, 114, 155
Norblad, Walter, 85
North Dakota, 188
Northwestern University, 47, 48
Nureyev, Rudolf, 200
Nutcracker, The (ballet), 263–64, 270–72, 274
Oklahoma City, 213, 252
Old Executive Office Building, 138, 143
Old House Office Building, 70
Old Manchuria, 101
Olympics, of 1980, 325
Omaha, 32
Oman, 305
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 69–70, 71–72, 85–86, 155, 163, 220
opioid drug abuse, 349–50
Oregon, 230, 231
Orlando, Tony, 229, 239, 303, 306
osteoarthritis, 181–82, 225–26, 227, 293, 300
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 86
Ottawa Beach, 87
Oval Office, 138, 147, 161, 172, 235–36
Pabst, Tommy, 220
Pahlavi, Empress Farah Diba, 305
Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 305
Pakistan, 71
Palm Springs, California, 194, 196, 245, 261, 266, 276
Ford home in, xii–xvii, 245–47, 251, 261, 265–67, 274, 278, 281–86, 297, 314, 327, 330, 333, 351
Palm Springs International Airport, 339
Park, Tongsun, 196–97
Parkfairfax, 60–61, 63–65
Parma, Barbara, 312
Parma, Leon, 213, 312
Patrick J. (yacht), 71
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 36
Pebble Beach, 213, 245
Peninsular Club, 47
People magazine, 135
Petra, 305
pets, 76, 178
Philadelphia, 22, 221
Philip, Prince of England, 222
Phnom Penh, 195
Pifer, Billy, 198
polio, 9
polls, 228, 230
Porembka, Carolyn, 200, 265
Post, Emily, 56
Potomac River, 60, 71, 170, 198
Povich, Maury, 180
Powell, Clara, xii, xvii, 58–59, 66, 76, 80, 81–84, 104, 233, 277, 306
Betty and, 81–84, 89, 94, 281–82
Betty’s intervention and, xii, xvii, 277–82, 284
as second mother to Ford children, 81–84, 89, 93, 94–95, 104
Powell, Raymond, 59, 81, 84
Prayer of Saint Francis, 164
premarital sex, 205, 206, 217, 304
Presidential Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 86
Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), 187
presidential elections:
of 1948, 55
of 1952, 62–63
of 1956, 66
of 1960, 69
of 1964, 87, 89
of 1968, 97–98
of 1972, 101
of 1976, 128, 199–200, 218, 219–32, 233–38
of 1980, 303, 314–16
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 332
presidential state funerals, 338
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