In addition, she instituted a series of performances by artists at the White House in varied American traditions, from opera to In October 1969, she announced her appointment of Constance Stuart as her staff director and press secretary.She spoke out in favor of women running for political office and encouraged her husband to nominate a woman to the In 1972, she became the first Republican First Lady to address a Pat Nixon held the record as the most-traveled First Lady until her mark was surpassed by She became the first First Lady to visit Africa in 1972, on a 10,000-mile (16,093 km), eight-day journey to The traditional role of a First Lady as the nation's hostess puts her personal appearance and style under scrutiny, and the attention to Pat was lively. Merchandising, with a certificate to teach at the high school level, which USC regarded as equal to a Master's degree. A private burial service will follow on the grounds of the library.Mrs. Their marriage represented both the fulfillment and the failure of the American dream of self-invention and worldly success.Twenty years after her death, Pat Nixon has not been fully appreciated for her role in helping her husband make the second half of the twentieth century into what Senator Bob Dole called “the age of Nixon.” She was the loyal and at times resentful wife of a brilliant, sentimental, and sometimes distant man she admired. Twenty years after her death, Pat Nixon has not been fully appreciated for her role in helping her husband make the second half of the twentieth century into what Senator Bob Dole called “the age of Nixon.” She was the loyal and at times resentful wife of a brilliant, sentimental, and … "She also began projecting the image of game and gracious campaigner, always able to suppress distress and bitterness.As the President's wife, Mrs. Nixon traveled more than 100,000 miles, campaigning for her husband, accompanying him to foreign countries and, on several occasions, representing him at ceremonies abroad. The public will be admitted from 5 P.M. to 9 P.M.TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers.This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Nonetheless, they always found a way to reconnect before their injuries led to a permanent estrangement. I'm not like all you . She traveled to 53 nations, often bypassing luncheons and teas and instead visiting hospitals, orphanages, and even a Pat Nixon was named Outstanding Homemaker of the Year (1953), Mother of the Year (1955), and the Nation's Ideal Housewife (1957), and once admitted that she pressed all of her husband's suits one evening.Six years later, Richard Nixon ran again for the presidency. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones.”“Pat was always stronger. "For the last two or three months I used to sit with her through the night," she said years later. Instead, her image was of a private, dutiful wife seemingly self-contained and impenetrable.Her composure rarely wavered in her appearances with her husband in such trying circumstances as his televised Checkers speech in 1952, when he denied unethical use of an $18,000 political fund ("Pat doesn't have a mink coat"), the ordeal in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1958, when a stone-throwing, spitting, anti-American mob besieged the Nixon limousine; and the Nixons' grim, hand-in-hand walk down a red carpet from the White House after his resignation on Aug. 9, 1974.Despite the early traumas and Mrs. Nixon's wish that her husband retire from politics, she was enthusiastic enough on the eve of his nomination as the Republican Presidential candidate in 1968 to say, "This really is the American dream, where people from humble circumstances can, through sheer hard work, go up the ladder." 10. "On the morning of August 9 in the East Room, Nixon gave a televised 20-minute farewell speech to the White House staff, during which time he read from Pat Nixon later told her daughter Julie, "Watergate is the only crisis that ever got me down ... And I know I will never live to see the vindication. Graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California, 1937, B.S. The tours that were conducted in December displayed the White House's Christmas decor. The trip was noted for its lasting diplomatic impact.Sferrazza, "Thelma Catherine (Patricia) Ryan Nixon", p. 353.Nixon also frequently wore wigs that replicated her short blonde hairstyle, especially on political trips when access to a hairdresser was difficult.
They strove to portray the best of America’s moral character and they succeeded, but they also represented for some Americans the pursuit of achievement and a preoccupation with public image at the expense of self-awareness, personal contentment and integrity. Within the marriage, Pat treaded close to the troublesome line between self-abnegation and healthy love, but in the end she felt that she had received and given enough love to make her life meaningful. Pat and Dick often handled problems by avoiding them. "Former President Ronald Reagan issued a statement that Mrs. Nixon was "a pillar of great strength during a time of turmoil." "Always before, it was sort of fun to get some ... thing that was completely different, high-style", she told a reporter. Her daughters and husband were by her side. Pat Nixon, the quiet consort who stood by her husband, Richard M. Nixon, in the White House and out, through victory, defeat, sorrow and illness, died yesterday at their home in Park Ridge, N.J. She was 81.Mrs. .