Aug 7, 2024 | News, Nixon Biographies, Pat Nixon
Historian, biographer and museum curator Heath Hardage Lee launched The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington’s Most Private First Lady at the Nixon Library on August 6. In this new biography, Lee uses extensive archival research and firsthand...
Apr 5, 2023 | News, Pat Nixon, Women's Affairs
Last week, Nixon Foundation consultant and Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit curator, Bob Bostock, participated in a program at The Dole Institute of Politics titled The First Ladies, the ERA and Beyond. The program focused on the history of growing support for the Equal...
Mar 21, 2023 | News, Pat Nixon
To celebrate First Lady Pat Nixon’s 111th birthday, the Nixon Foundation hosted its annual Pat Nixon Day of Service on March 16th. This free admission day included a volunteer fair where organizations from throughout the community shared ways for people of all ages to...
Mar 17, 2023 | News, Pat Nixon
On Thursday, March 16, the First Lady Pat Nixon Memorial Highway was officially dedicated at Pat Nixon Park in Cerritos, California, the hometown of the former First Lady. Recently, the California State Legislature designated a 2.5 mile stretch of the 91 Freeway...
Jan 1, 2023 | Nixon Today, Pat Nixon
On January 1, 1973, First Lady Pat Nixon participated in the Rose Bowl Parade as a Guest of Honor for the University of Southern California. This was a homecoming for Mrs. Nixon, an alumna who grew-up in Artesia, just twenty miles outside of Los Angeles. When asked...
Oct 14, 2022 | News, Pat Nixon, Pre-Presidential Years, The Nixons
“Hollywood movie plots cannot compare to their real love story.” That’s how historian Heath Hardage Lee described the relationship between Richard and Pat Nixon as the featured guest on The White House Historical Association’s History Happy Hour. The virtual program...
