But my activities have been pretty much focused in the last almost 30 years on the recovery, of my own recovery, the understanding for my family of my recovery.

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.