Betty Ford Honored in Postal Stamp Dedication Ceremony
Susan Ford Bales highlights her mother’s legacy in equal rights, breast cancer awareness and substance use disorder treatment.
Former First Lady Betty Ford was honored by the United States Postal Service Friday when it issued a commemorative stamp celebrating her life before a crowded auditorium on the campus of Eisenhower Health, adjacent to the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California.
Betty Ford was the wife of Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president, and widely admired for her support of women's rights and her bravery for publicly disclosing her breast cancer diagnosis while serving as first lady in 1974. And, not long after leaving the White House, she courageously announced to the public her substance use disorder and entered residential treatment to restore her health.
The stamp was dedicated by Amber McReynolds, vice chair of the Postal Service's Board of Governors. The ceremony, held in the Helene Galen Auditorium, located in the Annenberg Health Sciences B…
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