Betty Ford Biography

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Betty Ford Betty Ford was born on April 8, 1918 in Chicago. She lived in Denver and Chicago and then moved to Grand Rapids when she was 2 years old. Her father was William S. Bloomer who working for the Royal Rubber Company and traveled, trying to get companies to buy their products. Her mother was Hortense Neahr Bloomer who constantly wrote letters to her husband. She had two older brothers, Bill and Bob. Bill was 7 years older and Bob was 5 years older. Every summer they went up to their cottage at Whitefish Lake. They also went up on weekends and had many friends over. She played the piccolo, piano, and took dance lessons. She was also a tomboy and wanted to play sports with her brothers and their friends. In 1929 when the stock market crashed they lost a lot of money and had to cut back on things. She had to help around the house more. When she was fourteen she was confirmed an Episcopalian. Her father was a Christian Scientist and her mother was an Episcopalian. She went to high school at Central High in Grand Rapids. Every day after school she went straight to her dance lessons. On Saturday afternoons she gave dancing lessons for 50 cents. When she was 16 her father died of carbon monoxide poisoning while working on his car. Things got a little bit rougher because of the Great Depression. Then in 1936 she graduated from ...

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