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Betty Ford

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Gerald R. Ford Jr. and Betty Ford walk out of Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, following their marriage on October 15, 1948.

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Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger swears in President Gerald Ford as Betty Ford looks on, August 9, 1974.

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The Ford family poses on the White House grounds, September 6, 1976.

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First lady Betty Ford and President Gerald Ford share a laugh together (date and location unknown).

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Betty Ford performs an unscheduled dance with an unidentified teacher before a group of Chinese students at a Beijing dance school, December 3, 1975. 

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Betty Ford in an undated photo.

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Betty Ford outside the White House.

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The Fords pause in their packing at the White House for a moment together, January 19, 1977.

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Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Halston, and Betty Ford at Studio 54 in New York, 1977.

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Five former first ladies (Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan, and Hillary Rodham Clinton) gather for a group photo at a 20th-anniversary fundraising event saluting Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center, January 17, 2003. 

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Michael Ford helps his mother toward the casket during Gerald Ford's state funeral on Capitol Hill, December 30, 2006. 

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Betty Ford speaking in Miami, February 1976. 

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