Nancy Regan who is the widow of the
40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and was First Lady of the United
States from 1981 to 1989, was born on this date, 6 July 1921. To wish her a
Happy 92nd Birthday, I will post the Pro-Death Penalty Quote from
her.
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Nancy Reagan in a promotional photograph,
1949-1950. Photo is in the public domain, but courtesy the Reagan Library. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/large/H42-27.jpg
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QUOTE: I believe that people would
be alive today if it were not for the death penalty.
AUTHOR: Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921) is
the widow of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and was
First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Born in New York
City, her parents divorced soon after her birth and she grew up in Maryland,
living with an aunt and uncle while her mother pursued acting jobs. As Nancy Davis, she was an actress in
Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, starring in films such as Donovan's Brain,
Night into Morning, and Hellcats of the Navy. In 1952, she
married Ronald Reagan, who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild, and
they had two children. Reagan was the First Lady of California when her husband
was Governor from 1967 to 1975. In that capacity, she began work with the
Foster Grandparents Program.
Nancy Reagan became
First Lady of the United States in January 1981 following her husband's
election. She was criticized early in his first term largely due to her
decision to replace the White House china, despite it being paid for by private
donations. Nancy restored a Kennedy-esque glamor to the White House following
years of lax formality, and her interest in high-end fashion garnered much
attention, as well as criticism. She championed recreational drug prevention
causes by founding the "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign, which
was considered her major initiative as first lady. Always protective of her
husband, more controversy ensued when it was revealed in 1988 that she had
consulted an astrologer to assist in planning the president's schedule after
the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband. She had a strong influence on
her husband and played a role in a few of his personnel and diplomatic
decisions.
The Reagans retired
to their home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California in 1989. Nancy devoted most
of her time to caring for her ailing husband, diagnosed in 1994 with
Alzheimer's disease, until his death in 2004. Nancy Reagan has remained active
within the Reagan Library and in politics, particularly in support of embryonic
stem cell research.
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