The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women & Politics at Iowa State University is currently developing two archives of women's political communication - (1) a virtual (web-based) archive of women's political speech and (2) a videotape collection of women political candidates' campaign commercials.

The Archive of Women's Political Communication is made possible through a generous gift from Richard and Mary Jo Stanley of Muscatine, IA.

Betty A. Ford

Born Elizabeth Anne Bloomer in Chicago, she grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and graduated from high school there. She studied modern dance at Bennington College in Vermont, decided to make it a career, and became a member of Martha Graham's noted concert group in New York City, supporting herself as a fashion model for the John Robert Powers firm. Close ties with her family and her home town took her back to Grand Rapids, where she became fashion coordinator for a department store. She also organized her own dance group and taught dance to handicapped children. Her first marria …   More