Gerald and Betty Ford
Professional dancer Elizabeth “Betty” Bloomer met Gerald Ford in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the late 1940s. He was campaigning for the House of Representatives, and she was getting over her divorce from first husband William G. Warren. They got married in 1948 and had four children together, Michael, John, Steven, and Susan. When Gerald assumed the presidency following Richard Nixon’s resignation, Betty became highly active in socially progressive issues, including the Equal Rights Amendment, gun control, and substance addiction.