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First Lady, Patricia Ryan Nixon Was born on March 16, 1912 in Ely Nevada to William Ryan and Kate Halberstadt Bender Ryan. Her mother died in 1925 and her father died when she was 18. She attended the University of Southern California. For a while she worked as a government economist. She held part time jobs on campus, as a sales clerk in a fashionable department store, and as an extra in the movies. She accepted a position as a high school teacher. She also worked as a secretary and as x-ray technician. She got a job in the OPA office. She worked as a stenographer. She also worked as a dental assistant and as a telephone operator. TOP
Patricia Ryan Nixon first met the
future President Richard Nixon when she joined the Whittier Community
Players. They went to movies together, trips to the beach on
Sundays, and met at ice cream parlors. After their courtship,
they were married on June 21, 1940 at Riverside, California in
the Mission Inn. On February 1946 their daughter Tricia was born.
Their second child Julie was born on March 1948.TOP
Richard Nixon was elected as the 37th President of the US in1968. During their years in the White House Pat contributed more than 500 pieces of antique furniture and works of art into the White House. Many times she traveled all over the world on goodwill missions.TOP
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