Ourselves . I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. Betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, through much oher familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Welcome to first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38th president , president gerald ford, and here for the nebs 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If you have been watching our series, you know him. Hes an academic adviser for the whole project and hes launched a whole number of libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford. Along the way, you developed a relationship with the fords. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible, but yeah, i was very fortunate to
Someone without thinks in terms of magazines as being gay or straight or black or white or men or women or old or young. Just someone who wants to know about the contemporary world. Rose an appreciation of those we lost in 2015 when we continue. Nunds for charlie rose is provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose these women and men lead important lives. They enriched society through their passion, their art and their enterprise. Over the last 24 years they came to this program for conversation. Heres a look back at those moments. They didnt ask for much except the opportunity to make it. But my father, ironically, who was a ditch digger, had more important than a lot of people in new york city today who are educated. He had a job. He was only a ditch digger, but there was a ditch to be dug. And somebody handed him a shovel and said go to it, and he worked. F
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[applause] betty ford spoke her mind profment choice and a supporter of the equal rights aamendment. She and gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life she struggled with alcohol and drug dependency and confronting it defined her post white house years. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of president gerald ford. Here to tell her story is richard nort on the smith. You know him, hes one of our academic advisors for the whole project. Hes helped launch a number of president ial libraries among them the jarled r. Ford library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fords so you bring that to the table. Sure. I try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fournt to become a good friends of both of the fords. We want to start tonight where we left off which is in august of 1974 when the fords learned they were going to be in the white house. How mu