Richard and Pat Nixon
High-school teacher Thelma “Pat” Ryan met lawyer Richard Nixon in a local Whittier, California, production of The Dark Tower. The first night they went out, Richard proposed. Showing prudence, Pat waited a few years before marrying him in 1940. When Richard was elected president in 1968, after a stint as vice president and two unsuccessful presidential campaigns, Pat focused her efforts on the importance of volunteering. She also became the most traveled first lady in American history.