Betty Ford, Narrated by Kate Barr
Kate Barr and her Can’t Win campaigns exposed gerrymandering; now YALLvote and the Can’t Win Victory Fund support down ballot candidates fighting rigged maps across the South. Here, Barr celebrates Betty Ford, the outspoken First Lady who broke taboos around breast cancer and addiction and transformed the role to fit her own voice.
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I've had only a distant memory of Betty Ford's role as First Lady. Hers was a courageous and extraordinary contribution to women, and all of society. Thank you for yet another moving history lesson.
Good on Betty ford. Still one of my favorite First Ladies.