Remembering the Life of Former First Lady Nancy Reagan
Few First Ladies understood the power of PR better than Nancy Reagan.
A woman who told anyone she knew on her first date with then-actor Ronald Reagan that she would marry him, Nancy Reagan set something in motion on that blind date — her confidence and trust for the man who would be President.
That was 1951. As many know, they were married until President Reagan’s death in 2004.
She died of congestive heart failure on Sunday morning, and while many politicians and other notables in D.C. mourn her loss, many more Americans remember her by three simple but profound words: “Just Say No.”
While that plight became a rallying cry against drug use among children, Nancy had another crusade she tackled before that — her own image.
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