Betty Ford said things that first ladies just don't say, even today. And 1970s America loved her for it. According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children probably had smoked marijuana -- and if she ...

Before President Gerald R. Ford and his first lady, Betty, there was another prominent Ford duo making impressions in Michigan. Emma and Joe Ford, a trailblazing Black couple, defied the odds during ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When Gerald Ford became president after Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974, he proclaimed himself "indebted to no man ...

Sunday, April 8 would have been Betty Ford's 100th birthday. The former first lady died at the age of 93 in 2011, but her legacy lives on. Betty Ford spent her life in politics, raising awareness ...

Betty Ford, the widow of former President Gerald Ford, has died at 93 in southern California. The political matriarch became as famous for her work with drug and alcohol addicts as for her status as a ...

On her final day as first lady, Betty Ford told Kennerly her idea for the Cabinet Room table. David Hume Kennerly Editor's Note: Betty Ford passed away on July 8, 2011. On her passing, Smithsonian ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP/WZZM) - Rosalynn Carter is in Grand Rapids to honor the 96th anniversary of the birth of fellow former first lady Betty Ford. The wife of the late President Gerald Ford died in ...