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, July
6, 1921. To wish her a Happy 93rd Birthday, I will post the
Pro-Death Penalty Quote from her.
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Nancy Reagan
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QUOTE: I believe that
people would be alive today if there were a 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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