LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in California, ...

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

Three of America's most impactful first ladies are ready for their TV close-ups. Showtime's "The First Lady" flips the camera's focus to the women who brought about transformational change from the ...

When Gerald Ford became president after Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974, he proclaimed himself "indebted to no man and only to one woman." His job was clear: to heal a nation torn apart by ...

Ford also became famous as a pioneer in the battle against substance abuse. July 9, 2011 — -- Former first lady Betty Ford, whose candor about her own battles with substance abuse helped erase ...