<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Enid Nemy]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=23037Author <![CDATA[Betty Ford: A First Lady Who Struggled and Inspired]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Betty Ford, the outspoken and much-admired wife of President Gerald R. Ford who overcame alcoholism and an addiction to pills and helped found one of the best-known rehabilitation centers in the nation, died Friday in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 93.

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Betty Ford and former President Gerald R. Ford at the White House in 1977. More Photos »

Her death was confirmed by Chris Chase, Mrs. Ford’s biographer.

The news of her death at Eisenhower Medical Center...]]>