Nancy Reagan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == First Lady of California (1967β1975) == [[File:Nancy Reagan as First Lady of California.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Reagan as the first lady of California]] Nancy Reagan was First Lady of California during her husband's two terms as governor. She disliked living in the state capital of [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], which lacked the excitement, social life, and mild climate to which she was accustomed in Los Angeles.<ref name="can-gov-233">Cannon, Lou (2003), p. 233.</ref> She first attracted controversy early in 1967; after four months' residence in the [[Governor's Mansion State Historic Park|California Governor's Mansion]] in Sacramento, she moved her family into a wealthy suburb because fire officials had labelled the mansion as a "firetrap".<ref name="nancy-135" /> Though the Reagans had leased the new house at their expense,<ref name="can-gov-233" /> the move was viewed as snobbish when the matter was brought to the attention of the general public. Reagan defended her actions as being for the good of her family, a judgment with which her husband readily agreed.<ref name="can-gov-233" /><ref name="nancy-135">Reagan, Nancy (1989), pp. 135β137.</ref> Friends of the family later helped support the cost of the leased house, while Reagan supervised construction of a new [[ranch-style house|ranch-style]] governor's residence in nearby [[Carmichael, California|Carmichael]].<ref name="nyt111904">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/national/19mansion.html | title=Forget the White House, Schwarzenegger Needs Digs Now | author=Charlie LeDuff | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=November 19, 2004 | access-date=October 19, 2007}}</ref> The new residence was finished just as Ronald Reagan left office in 1975, but his successor, [[Jerry Brown]], refused to live there. It was sold in 1982, and California governors lived in improvised arrangements until Brown moved into the Governor's Mansion in 2015.<ref name="nyt111904" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/12/17/first-family-moves-into-california-governors-mansion|title=First Family Moves Into California Governor's Mansion|first=Ben|last= Adler|publisher=capradio.org|date=December 17, 2015|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> In 1967, Governor Reagan appointed his wife to the [[California Arts Commission]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0DEED8163AEF31A25754C1A9679D946691D6CF&legacy=true | title=Reagan Panel Fills Arts Chief's Post After It Ousted Aide | first=Robert|last=Windeler |newspaper=The New York Times| date=November 17, 1967 | access-date=October 18, 2007}}</ref> and a year later she was named ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' [[Times Woman of the Year|Woman of the Year]]; in its profile, the ''Times'' labeled her "A Model First Lady".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/527764082.html?dids=527764082:527764082&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+13%2C+1968&author=LYNN+LILLISTON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%281886-Current+File%29&edition=&startpage=F1&desc=TIMES+WOMAN+OF+THE+YEAR | title=A Model First Lady | first=Lynn |last=Lilliston | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=December 13, 1968 | access-date=October 19, 2007 | archive-date=October 14, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014064147/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/527764082.html?dids=527764082:527764082&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+13%2C+1968&author=LYNN+LILLISTON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(1886-Current+File)&edition=&startpage=F1&desc=TIMES+WOMAN+OF+THE+YEAR | url-status=dead }}</ref> Her glamour, style, and youthfulness, made her a frequent subject for [[Photojournalism|press photographers]].<ref name="fl-ca">Cook, Lynn and Janet LaDue (2007), pp. 110β111.</ref> As first lady, Reagan visited veterans, the elderly, and the disabled, and worked with a number of charities. She became involved with the [[Foster Grandparents Program]],<ref name="Foster Grandparent's Program" /> helping to popularize it in the United States and Australia.<ref>Anthony, C.S. (2003), p. 135.</ref> She later expanded her work with the organization after arriving in Washington,<ref name="Foster Grandparent's Program">{{cite web |url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/nancy-reagan |title=Nancy Reagan |access-date=February 16, 2014 |publisher= Scholastic}}</ref> and wrote about her experiences in her 1982 book ''To Love a Child''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,63814,00.html | title=Bio: Nancy Reagan | publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] | first=Samantha|last= Jonas | date=June 5, 2004 | access-date=October 19, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109194657/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,63814,00.html | archive-date=November 9, 2007 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The Reagans held dinners for former [[Prisoner of war|POWs]] and [[Vietnam War]] veterans while governor and first lady.<ref>{{cite book| last = Timberg| first = Robert| title = John McCain: An American Odyssey| year = 1999| publisher = [[Touchstone Books]]| isbn = 978-0-684-86794-6 | title-link = John McCain: An American Odyssey}} pp. 119β121.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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