Nancy had noticed that her name had appeared on the Hollywood blacklist and sought Reagan's help to maintain her employment as a guild actress in Hollywood, and for assistance in having her name removed from the list.

Observers described Ronald and Nancy Reagan's relationship as intimate.

Another of Nancy Reagan's trademarks was her interest in fashion.

Nancy Reagan's wardrobe consisted of dresses, gowns, and suits made by luxury designers, including James Galanos, Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta.

In October 1987, a mammogram detected a lesion in Nancy Reagan's left breast and she was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer.

Nancy Reagan's official White House portrait hangs in the Vermeil Room.

Examples include Tip O ' Neill, who was a vocal opponent of President Ronald Reagan's domestic and defense policies ; Newt Gingrich, who fought a bitter battle with President Bill Clinton for control of domestic policy ; Nancy Pelosi, who clashed with President George W. Bush over domestic policy and the Iraq War ; and current Speaker John Boehner, who regularly clashes with President Barack Obama over budget issues as well as social issues such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

* Galen B. Jackman-U. S. Army Major General ( retired ), Nancy Reagan's escort throughout the state funeral proceedings of former U. S. President Ronald Reagan, first commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region.

* Former First Lady Nancy Reagan's support for stem-cell research, upon learning of the possibilities that it may hold for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, which her husband, former President Ronald Reagan developed in later years.

** Patricia Ann Reagan ( born 1952 ), better known as Patti Davis, Ronald and Nancy Reagan's daughter

Wentworth was born in Washington, D. C. She is the daughter of Mabel Cabot ( née Hobart ), who was First Lady Nancy Reagan's social secretary in the White House, and Eric Wentworth, a reporter for The Washington Post.

In November 1981, while serving as Reagan's National Security Advisor, Allen was accused of receiving a bribe from a journalist from Japan for setting up an interview in January 1981 with First Lady Nancy Reagan.

The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as President in 1989.

* Bibi Burton – Christina Taylor based on Joan Quigley, Nancy Reagan's astrologer

The anti-drug movement was among the resistance skills recommended in response to low peer pressure, and Nancy Reagan's larger campaign proved to be a useful dissemination of this social inoculation strategy.

She enlisted the help of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Kiwanis Club International, and the National Federation of Parents for a Drug-Free Youth to promote the cause ; the Kiwanis put up over 2000 billboards with Nancy Reagan's likeness and the slogan.

Nancy Reagan's related efforts increased public awareness of drug use, but a direct relationship between reduced drug use and the Just Say No campaign cannot be established.

Nancy Reagan's approach to promoting drug awareness was also labeled simplistic by critics who argued that the solution was reduced to a catch phrase.

This exhibit begins during Reagan's childhood in Dixon, Illinois and follows his life through his film career and military service, marriage to Nancy Davis Reagan, and political career.

Other parts of the exhibit focus on Reagan's ranch, the presidential retreat Camp David, life in the White House, and First Lady Nancy Reagan.

A memorial service was held in the library lobby with Nancy Reagan, Reagan's children, close relatives, and friends.

On March 17, 2010, General Electric presented Reagan's widow Nancy Davis Reagan with video copies of 208 episodes of General Electric Theater, to be donated to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Ronald Reagan is credited with increasing spending on national defense and diplomacy which contributed to the end of the Cold War, deploying U. S. Pershing II missiles in West Germany in response to the Soviet stationing of SS-20 missiles near Europe, negotiating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ( INF ) to substantially reduce nuclear arms and initiating negotiations with the Soviet Union for the treaty that would later be known as START I, proposing the Strategic Defense Initiative, a controversial plan to develop a missile defense system, re-appointing monetarists Paul Volcker and ( later ) Alan Greenspan to be chairmen of the Federal Reserve, ending the high inflation that damaged the economy under his predecessors Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, lowering tax rates significantly ( under Reagan, the top personal tax bracket dropped from 70 % to 28 % in 7 years ) and leading a major reform of the tax system, providing arms and other support to anti-communist groups such as the Contras and the mujahideen, selling arms to foreign allies such as Taiwan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq ( see Iran – Iraq War ), greatly escalating the " war on drugs " with his policies and Nancy Reagan's " Just Say No " campaign, ordering the April 14, 1986 bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi in retaliation for an April 5 bombing of a West Berlin nightclub frequented by U. S. servicemen, in which the Libyan government was deemed complicit, and signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which compensated victims of the Japanese American Internment during World War II.

In 2007, Bloomingdale took part in presenting fashion designer James Galanos with the Rodeo Drive Style Award, and attended the opening of " Nancy Reagan: A First Lady's Style ", an exhibit chronicling Nancy Reagan's different clothing at the Reagan Presidential Library.

** Nancy Brinker, American health activist and diplomat

Sometimes, however, the Speaker will play a big role even when they belong to the same party as the President, such as when Speaker Nancy Pelosi played a role in continuing the push for health care reform during the presidency of fellow Democrat Barack Obama ; subsequently the Republicans targeted her in the 2010 midterm election.

** Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex: Strength training, conditioning, athletic health and athletic administration

When she left the show in 1992 due to declining health, her character was said to be out of town visiting Nancy.

According to Nancy K. Falchuk of Newton, Massachusetts, the organization's president from July 2007 to July 2011, Hadassah's missions include health, education, fighting anti-Semitism, promoting Israel's security, and encouraging stem-cell research.

As a Ghigau, Nancy had the power to spare captives and in 1776, following a Cherokee attack on the Fort Watauga settlement on the Watauga River ( at present day Elizabethton, Tennessee ), she used that power to spare a Mrs. William ( Lydia Russell ) Bean, whom she took into her house and nursed back to health from injuries suffered in the battle.

However, Nancy never gets better and her health takes a steep decline from there.

The health seminar that inspired the booklet was organized in 1969 by Nancy Miriam Hawley at Boston's Emmanuel College.

The Guardian critic, Nancy Banks-Smith, described the wedding as " uniquely uneventful [...] For Dot and Jim ' In sickness and health ... till death do us part ' seemed to carry more resonance than for most.

* Nancy Lagman-Tremblay, a long-term successful health care professional in Canada who carry on the public service legacy of her famous grandfather, Don Cristino Lagman.

As Nancy Wechsler told the Wall Street Journal, the HRP also fought successfully to set aside federal revenue-sharing dollars for health and child care at a time when " most cities are spending revenue-sharing money for more police cars.

Nancy Hanks married Thomas, who became a respected citizen.

" Several years after Liébeault's death in 1904, Coué founded what became known as the New Nancy School, a loose collaboration of practitioners who taught and promoted his views.

Nancy Reagan became First Lady of the United States in January 1981 following her husband's election.

Nancy Reagan also became stepmother to Maureen Reagan ( 1941 – 2001 ) and Michael Reagan ( born 1945 ), the children of her husband's first marriage to Jane Wyman.

During this second campaign, Nancy played a very prominent role and her management of staff became more apparent.

Nancy Reagan became the First Lady of the United States when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president in January 1981.

" In 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev became the first Soviet leader to visit Washington, D. C. since Nikita Khrushchev in 1959, and Nancy Reagan was in charge of planning and hosting the important and highly anticipated state dinner.

Nancy first became aware of the need to educate young people about drugs during a 1980 campaign stop in Daytop Village, New York.

Regan became so angry with Nancy that he hung up on her during a 1987 telephone conversation.

After President Reagan revealed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994, she made herself his primary caregiver and became actively involved with the National Alzheimer's Association and its affiliate, the Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Institute in Chicago, Illinois.

As the World Turns dealt heavily with Chris Hughes ' law practice and the travails of his wife Nancy who, tired of being " the loyal housewife " in the 1970s, became one of the first older women on the American serials to become a working woman.

Originally a hit for Frank and Nancy Sinatra, the song became Williams ' fifth number one hit in the UK.

They initially became estranged when Nancy spoke about her daughter on a television show and later wrote a book titled, From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir ( 1999 ).

His four children with Nancy are: Nancy Moore Thurmond ( 1971 – 1993 ), a beauty pageant contestant who was killed when a drunk driver hit her in Columbia, South Carolina ; James Strom Thurmond Jr. ( born 1972 ), who became U. S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina and is the current South Carolina 2nd Judicial Circuit Solicitor ; Juliana Gertrude ( Thurmond ) Whitmer ( born 1974 ), a married homemaker in Washington, DC ; and Paul Reynolds Thurmond ( born 1976 ), elected member of the Charleston County council.

Nancy Pelosi became the Speaker when the 110th Congress convened on January 4, 2007, making her the first female Speaker.

Following Goldwater's death in 2007 and Silberkleit's in 2008, Silberkleit's widow Nancy and Goldwater's half-brother Jonathan became co-CEOs in 2009.

Rossellini's modeling career led her into the world of cosmetics, when she became the exclusive spokesmodel for the international cosmetics brand Lancôme in 1982, replacing Nancy Dutiel in the United States and Carol Alt in Europe.

In the 1980s, Conyers became known for " White Road ", where resident Nancy Fowler claimed to have seen apparitions of the Virgin Mary.

The highest ranking Italian American politician is currently Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ), who became the first woman and Italian American Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

In the 20th century, the " Mitford sisters " — six daughters of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles — became celebrated, and at times scandalous, figures caricatured, according to The Times journalist Ben Macintyre, as " Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover ; Nancy the Novelist ; Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur ".

Nancy and Jessica became well-known writers and Deborah managed one of the most successful stately homes in England.

With the death of the last Duke Stanislas in 1766, the duchy became a French province and Nancy remained its capital.

Smithson became affiliated with artists who were identified with the minimalist or Primary Structures movement, such as Nancy Holt ( whom he married ), Robert Morris and Sol LeWitt.