I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that's what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed out that you know if you were allergic to strawberries, you wouldn't eat strawberries. And that made sense to me.

Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy and was a passionate supporter of and activist for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren "Betty" Ford (April 8 1918 – July 8 2011) was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 during the presidency of her husband Gerald Ford.