Pat Nixon
First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974
AI overview
Pat Nixon served as First Lady of the United States during her husband Richard Nixon's presidency from 1969 to 1974. She is remembered as a significant historical figure during a transformative period in American politics, including the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1883
- Died
- 1965
- Works
- 4
Top works
- A history of the Texas Medical Association, 1853-1953
- The medical story of early Texas
- Pat Nixon of Texas
- A century of medicine in San Antonio
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Film & TV
Acting · Ely, Nevada, USA
Known for
- One to One: John & Yoko — Self (archive footage)2025
- Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2017
- Race for the White House — Self (archive footage)2016
- Led Zeppelin Played Here — Self (archive footage)2014
- A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story — Self (archive footage)2014
- Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words — Self (archive footage)2014
- Our Nixon — Self (archive footage)2013
Article
Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon (née Ryan; March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president. From 1953 to 1961, she had been the second lady of the United States when her husband was Dwight D. Eisenhower's vice president.
Born in Ely, Nevada, she grew up with her two brothers in Artesia, California, graduating from Excelsior Union High School in Norwalk, California, in 1929. She attended Fullerton Junior College and later the University of Southern California. She paid for her schooling by working multiple jobs, including pharmacy manager, typist, radiographer, and retail clerk. In 1940, she married lawyer Richard Nixon and they had two daughters, Tricia and Julie. Dubbed the "Nixon team", Richard and Pat Nixon campaigned together in his successful congressional campaigns of 1946 and 1948. Richard Nixon was elected vice president in 1952 alongside General Dwight D. Eisenhower, whereupon Pat became second lady. Pat Nixon did much to add substance to the role, insisting on visiting schools, orphanages, hospitals, and village markets as she undertook many missions of goodwill across the world.