Mar 17, 2025 | News, Pat Nixon
On March 16, 1912 — 113 years ago — First Lady Pat Nixon was born, just one day shy of St. Patrick’s Day. Her Irish father, Will Ryan, decided to observe her birthday one day late, dubbing her “my St. Patrick’s Babe in the morning.” Continuing the tradition started by...
Mar 12, 2025 | News, Pat Nixon, Women's Affairs
On March 11, 2025, the Richard Nixon Foundation partnered with the National Archives and Records Administration for First Ladies & The White House: Initiatives and Impacts. This second annual symposium gathered historians, authors and Nixon Administration...
Mar 6, 2025 | Nixon Today, Pat Nixon
First Lady Pat Nixon made Gallup’s top-ten list of most admired women fourteen times. She was a First Lady of many firsts who redefined the role and made an impact still felt today. Here are just five reasons why she can easily be considered the most underrated...
Mar 3, 2025 | News, Pat Nixon
FIRST LADIES & THE WHITE HOUSE: INITIATIVES AND IMPACT THE RICHARD NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM AND RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION HOST SYMPOSIUM THAT EXPLORES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIRST LADY’S ROLE AND THE WHITE HOUSE IN AMERICAN CULTURE. YORBA LINDA, CA –...
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...