Born - April 8, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois
Parents - William Stephenson Bloomer & Hortense Neahr Bloomer
Married - October 15, 1948 to Gerald Ford (first marriage to William C. Warren in 1942, divorced in 1947)
Children -
Michael Gerald (1950 – present),
John Gardner “Jack” (1952 – present),
Steven Meigs (1956 – present),
Susan Elizabeth (1957 – present)
Education - Bennington School of Dance in Bennington, Vermont in summers of 1936 & 1937
Occupation - professional dancer, teacher of dance, model, department store fashion coordinator
Post White House residence - Rancho Mirage, California
Causes -
Betty Ford Center, established to treat drug and alcohol abuse and supported the Equal Rights Amendment
Died - July 8, 2011 in Rancho Mirage, California
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