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Remembering Betty Ford! Remembering Betty Ford! The content in this preview is based on the last saved version of your email - any changes made to your email that have not been saved will not be shown in this preview. NFLL InTouch National First Ladies' Library E-news July, 2011 Visit the Gift Shop Welcome! Our e-newsletter is another way to keep you connected with the events, exhibits and happenings at the National First Ladies' Library. In Memory of First Lady Betty Ford In Memory of Betty Ford 1918 - 2011 Flowers of the First Ladies & Holiday Dinner Plates $35.95 (reg. $54.95) Will even holiday gift wrap for you!! Biography All other Christmas Memorial merchandise 30% off Mary Regula remembers First Lady Quick Links Coming Event Become a member BATTLES, BANDAGES AND HONOR: Contact us Dr. Mary Walker Renew your August 20, 2011 membership Dr. Mary Walker is the only woman in history to receive the Visit us Congressional Medal of Honor. Reenactor relates her story. Luncheon follows program. July Birthdays 10am-1pm $25/Person $22/Members Salute to Women in Uniform Nancy Reagan Afternoon program pays tribute to all women July 6, 1921 who served the U.S. in uniform. 1pm-pinning ceremony Frances Cleveland Free and Open to the Public Women Veterans Encouraged to Attend http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/...w7nl1f0grzpivGMpg1F8sLHb1W1StuKRmoWu2dFzEfmFs-MjSXMJGQ%3D%3D&id=preview[11/30/2011 9:05:17 PM] Remembering Betty Ford! July 21, 1864 Click Here for Details Anna Harrison July 25, 1775 Jackie Kennedy Lesson Plan of the Month July 28, 1929 The NFLL is pleased to feature a lesson plan each month. Elizabeth Bloomer Ford The First Lady: The "Heart of the Nation" Betty Ford: First Ladies' Lives Other lesson plans for all age levels can be found by selecting RESEARCH on the home page of our website and then selecting the individual First Lady. Did you know that? ? Current Exhibit Interesting First Lady Trivia Heroes of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Elizabeth Ann Bloomer November 8, 2010 - September 9, 2011 divorced her fist husband, William Warren, in 1947; On Nov. 8, the National First Ladies' Library and she married Gerald Ford a Research Center opened an exciting new exhibit. This year later. exhibit examines the women who have won the Presidential Medal of Freedom. During some years in high school, she opened her Further information own dance school, renting space to use as a studio where she taught children, More information about the Presidential Medal of Freedom adults at , Grand Rapids, approximately 1935-1937, National First Ladies' Library Collection, Gift of Capital Coin & Stamp Co., Inc. earning fifty cents for each child student. For four consecutive summers, she Jackie Kennedy Portrait also taught dance at Stone Lake, Michigan, summers 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940. She recalled teaching some of the era's most popular dance such as the fox trot, waltz, and Big Now featured in the National First Ladies' Apple. Library a portrait of a young Jackie Kennedy done by local artist, As a young girl and young Jamie MacLean. woman, Betty Bloomer was physically healthy, enjoying sports and strenuous exercise, often seeking to participate in competitive sports like ice NFLL on Facebook and Twitter hockey and football that were dominated by men, resulting in part from the http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/...w7nl1f0grzpivGMpg1F8sLHb1W1StuKRmoWu2dFzEfmFs-MjSXMJGQ%3D%3D&id=preview[11/30/2011 9:05:17 PM] Remembering Betty Ford! influence of having two older brothers. Join us and keep up on all the latest happenings! Forward email This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. National First Ladies' Library | Museum & Ida Saxton McKinley House - 331 S. Market Ave. | Education and Research Center - 205 S. Market Ave. | Canton | OH | 44702 http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/...w7nl1f0grzpivGMpg1F8sLHb1W1StuKRmoWu2dFzEfmFs-MjSXMJGQ%3D%3D&id=preview[11/30/2011 9:05:17 PM].
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