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Nancy Reagan full name Nancy Davis Reagan is the widow of former
United States President Ronald Reagan and served as an influential
First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Nancy Reagan Born in New York, her parents divorced soon after her birth.
Nancy Reagan grew up in Maryland, living with an aunt and uncle while her
mother pursued acting jobs.
Nancy Reagan was an actress 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; they had two children.
Nancy Reagan became the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor
from 1967 to 1975.
Nancy Reagan became the First Lady of the United States in January 1981 following
her husband's victory, but experienced criticism early in his first term largely
due to her decision to replenish the White House china.
Nancy Reagan restored a Kennedy-esque glamour to the White House following years
of lax formality, and her interest in high-end fashion garnered much attention,
as well as criticism.
Nancy Reagan 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 Nancy Reagan had consulted an astrologer to assist in planning the
president's schedule after the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband's life.
The Reagans retired to their home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California in 1989.
Nancy Reagan 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 in politics, particularly in relation to stem-cell
research.
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