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| bild         = Nancy Reagan.jpg
| bildstorlek  = 200px
| bildtext     = Nancy Reagan
| födelsedatum = {{ålder|1921|7|6}} <br> [[New York|New York City]], [[New York (delstat)|New York]], [[USA]]
| yrke         = Skådespelare, presidenthustru
| make         = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| barn         = [[Patti Davis|Patricia "Patti" Reagan]], [[Ron Reagan Jr.|Ronald "Ron" Reagan Jr.]]
| webbplats    = [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/nr40.html Vita husets profil]
}}

'''Nancy Davis Reagan''' (ursprungligen '''Anne Frances Robbins'''), född [[6 juli]] [[1921]] i [[New York City]], [[New York (delstat)|New York]], var [[USA:s första dam|presidenthustru]] till [[Ronald Reagan]] [[1981]]-[[1989|89]]. Hon var gift med Reagan från [[4 mars]] [[1952]] till dennes död [[5 juni]] [[2004]]. Hennes föräldrar kom att skiljas strax efter hennes födelse och hon växte upp i [[Maryland]] hos en moster och dennas man.

Hon är även känd för sitt tidigare yrke som [[skådespelare]] under namnet ''Nancy Davis''. Hon medverkade i några filmer under 1950-talet, såsom ''Night Into Morning'' ([[Filmåret 1951|1951]]) och ''It's a Big Country'' ([[Filmåret 1953|1953]]). År 1952 gifte hon sig med Ronald Reagan, som vid tiden var ordförande för [[Screen Actors Guild]], och med tiden fick de två barn: dottern [[Patti Davis|Patricia "Patti" Reagan]] (född 1952, kallar sig numera ''Patti Davis'') och sonen [[Ron Reagan Jr.|Ronald "Ron" Reagan Jr.]] (född 1958). Nancy var Kaliforniens "första dam" ("First Lady") då hennes make var guvernör i delstaten under åren 1967-75.

Hon blev USA:s första dam i januari 1981 efter att hennes man vann [[presidentvalet i USA 1980]], men blev kritiserad tidigt under hennes man första mandatperiod efter sitt beslut om att omdekorera Vita husets "China Room". Nancy Reagan återinförde en glamour i Vita huset lik den bild av huset som fanns under [[John F. Kennedy]]s tid; hennes intresse för det senaste lyxmodet ådrog sig stor uppmärksamhet, såväl som kritik. Hon motarbetade användningen av [[droger]] i rehabiliterande syfte genom att finansiera kampanjen [[Just Say No|"Just Say No"]]. Detta betraktas som hennes främsta initiativ som första dam. Hon väckte återigen kontrovers när det 1988 ådagades att hon hade anlitat en [[astrolog]] som hjälp för att planera sin makes schema efter mordförsöket på denne 1981.

År 1989 drog sig paret Reagan tillbaka till sitt hem i [[Bel Air]], [[Los Angeles]] i Kaliforninen. Nancy Reagan tillbringade en stor del av sin tid med att sköta om sin make, som 1994 hade diagnostiserats med [[Alzheimers]], till hans död år 2004. Hon har förblivit en aktiv figur inom amerikansk politik, i synnerhet vad gäller hennes syn på [[stamcell]]sforskning.

== Uppväxt ==
Anne Frances Robbins föddes den 6 juli 1921<ref name="Nancy Reagan: Her Life & Times">[http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/nancy/nancy_bio.asp Nancy Reagan > Her Life & Times], Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Hämtat 22 september 2007</ref><ref>När Nancy skrev kontrakt med MGM angav hon som sitt födelsedatum 6 juli 1923, och "blev" två år yngre; ett vanligt knep bland skådespelare i Hollywood vid tiden (se Cannon, ''Governor Reagan'', s. 75). Detta orsakade senare en del förvirring</ref> vid ''Sloane Hospital for Women'' på [[Manhattan]] i New York<ref>Powling, Anne & John O'Connor & Geoff Barton, ''New Oxford English'', [[Oxford University Press]] (1997), s. 79, {{ISBN|0-19-831192-3}}</ref><ref>Vissa källor anger felaktigt att hon skulle vara född i Flushing eller ha blivit uppfostrad på Manhattan.</ref> som enda barn till bilförsäljaren Kenneth Seymour Robbins (1894–1972)<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 66</ref> och hans hustru som var skådespelare, Edith Luckett (1888–1987).<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> Hon bodde i Flushing, i [[Queens]], New York, under sina första två år.<ref name="nyt041291">[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DE123CF931A25757C0A967958260 Talk and More Talk About Nancy (That One!) in Flushing], David Gonzalez, New York Times, 1991-04-12. Hämtat 29 oktober 2007.</ref> Då hennes föräldrar skildes strax efter hennes födelse hade de redan varit separerade under en tid.<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), s. 67</ref> Under tiden som hennes mor reste omkring i USA för att leta jobb växte Nancy upp i [[Bethesda, Maryland]] under de sex kommande åren. Hon uppfostrades av sin moster Virginia och hennes man Audley Gailbraith.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4297405 The 'just say no' first lady], MSNBC, 18 februari 2004. Hämtat 16 oktober 2007</ref> Nancy har beskrivit sin saknad av modern under denna tid: "My favorite times were when Mother had a job in New York, and Aunt Virgie would take me by train to stay with her."<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), s. 71</ref>

År 1929 gifte sig hennes mor med Loyal Davis (1896–1982), en högt framstående, politiskt sett [[Konservatism|konservativ]] [[Neurokirurgi|neurokirurg]] som flyttade familjen till [[Chicago]].<ref name="Nancy Reagan: Her Life & Times">[http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/nancy/nancy_bio.asp Nancy Reagan > Her Life & Times], Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Hämtat 22 september 2007</ref> Nancy kom väl överens med sin styvfar;<ref name="nyt-lw">[http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F70F1FF9395C17728DDDAF0A94D8415B8084F1D3 The Biggest Role of Nancy's Life], [[Lally Weymouth]], [[The New York Times Magazine]], 26 oktober 1980. Hämtat 20 oktober 2007</ref> hon skrev senare att han var "a man of great integrity who exemplified old-fashioned values".<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), s. 74</ref> Han adopterade henne formellt 1935,<ref name="Nancy Reagan: Her Life & Times"/> och hon skulle alltid referera till honom som sin far.<ref name="nyt-lw"/> Efter adoptionen bytte hon namn till Nancy Davis (hon hade kallats Nancy sedan hon föddes).<ref> Reagan, Nancy (1989), s. 67</ref> Hon gick på ''The Latin School of Chicago'' (hon beskriver sig själv som en medelmåttig elev) där hon tog examen 1939, varefter hon började studera vid [[Smith College]] i [[Massachusetts]], där hon tog en examen med engelska och drama som huvudämnen 1943.<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), s. 82</ref><ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/>

== Skådespelarkarriär ==
[[Fil:NRPOSE.jpg|miniatyr|höger|Nancy Davis poserar för fotografering, 1950]]
Efter sin examen fick Davis plats som försäljare i [[Chicago]] på [[Marshall Field's]] och som [[undersköterska]].<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/>  Med hjälp av några av hennes mors bekanta inom teatervärlden, bland andra [[Zasu Pitts]], [[Walter Huston]] och [[Spencer Tracy]],<ref name="nyt-lw"/> kunde hon dock fortsätta sin karriär som skådespelare. Hennes första roll fick hon i Pitts turné ''Ramshackle Inn'' 1945,<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/><ref name="Nancy Reagan: Her Life & Times"/> som sattes upp [[New York City]]. Hennes roll var som Si-Tchun, en [[hovdam]]<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1771|titel = Lute Song|utgivare = [[Internet Broadway Database]]|hämtdatum = 18 oktober 2007}}</ref> i [[Broadway|Broadway-föreställningen]] ''Lute Song'', en musikal om orienten med [[Mary Martin]] och [[Yul Brynner]].<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> Hon fick rollen efter att producenten sagt till henne "You look like you could be [[Hankineser|Chinese]]."<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), s. 85</ref>

Efter en framgångsrik [[provspelning]],<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> skrev hon ett sjuårigt kontrakt med [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) 1949;<ref name="Nancy Reagan: Her Life & Times"/> hon anmärkte senare att "Joining Metro was like walking into a dream world."<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), s. 88</ref> Davis framträdde i elva större filmer, hon [[Typecasting|spelade]] vanligtvis en "lojal hemmafru",<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=45332115968&afiPersonalNameId = null|titel = Biography for Nancy Davis|hämtdatum = 17 oktober 2007|utgivare = Turner Broadcasting System, Inc|år = 2007}}</ref> en "ansvarstagande ung mor" eller en "stadig kvinna".<ref name="cannon-gov">Cannon, Lou (2003), ss. 75–76.</ref> Hon behöll sitt karriärsnamn Nancy Davis efter att hon gift sig. Hennes skådespelarkarriär inleddes med mindre roller i ''The Doctor and the Girl'' (1949) med [[Glenn Ford]], vilken följdes av ''East Side, West Side'' med [[Barbara Stanwyck]].<ref name="The Films of Nancy Reagan"/> Hon spelade en barnpsykolog i en [[film noir]], ''Shadow on the Wall'' (1950) med [[Ann Sothern]] och [[Zachary Scott]]; hennes uppträdande kallades "beautiful and convincing" av ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''-kritikern A. H. Weiler.<ref>{{Tidningsref | författare = A. H. Weiler (som "A. W.")| titel = Another View of Psychiatrist's Task| url = http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F70F1FF83E5D147B93CBA8178ED85F448585F9| datum = 1950-05-19| hämtdatum = 2007-10-18| utgivare = ''[[The New York Times]]''}}</ref> Hon spelade i filmen ''[[The Next Voice You Hear|The Next Voice You Hear...]]'' (1950), där hon spelade en gravid hemmafru som hör Guds röst i radion. Den inflytelserika filmkritikern [[Bosley Crowther]] från ''The New York Times'' skrev att "Nancy Davis [is] delightful as [a] gentle, plain, and understanding wife."<ref>{{Tidningsref | författare = [[Bosley Crowther]]| titel = 'The Next Voice You Hear ...', Dore Schary Production, Opens at Music Hall| url = http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FB0B14F93D5C127A93C2AA178DD85F448585F9| datum = 1950-06-30| hämtdatum = 2007-10-18| utgivare = ''[[The New York Times]]''}}</ref> En senare kritiker berömde Davis övertygande roll som gravid kvinna, en roll som många andra filmer vid tiden enligt kritikern inte lyckades göra övertygande.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.toptenreviews.com/scripts/eframe/url.htm?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifilm.org%2Fmusings2%2Fmusing822.html|titel = The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)|hämtdatum = 17 oktober 2007|utgivare = SciFilm|efternamn = Sindelar|förnamn = Dave}}</ref> År 1951 spelade Davis sin favoritroll,<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), s. 91</ref> i ''Night Into Morning'', en studie i [[sorg]] med [[Ray Milland]]. Crowther från ''The Times''' sa om denna roll att Davis "does nicely as the fiancée who is widowed herself and knows the loneliness of grief,"<ref>{{Tidningsref | författare = [[Bosley Crowther]]| titel = 'Night Into Morning,' Starring Ray Milland as a Bereaved Professor, at Loew's State| url = http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA081EFA3855177B93C3A8178DD85F458585F9| datum = 1951-06-11| hämtdatum = 2007-10-18| utgivare = ''[[The New York Times]]''}}</ref> medan en annan kritiker, [[Richard L. Coe]] från ''[[The Washington Post]]'' sa att Davis "is splendid as the understanding widow."<ref>{{Tidningsref | författare = [[Richard L. Coe]]| titel = 'Night Into Morning' Is Almost Excellent| url = http://proquest.umi.com/pdf/fa58d77382f20db57572666f678f207a/1202604554/share2/pqimage/hnirs3/20080209191917226/27518/out.pdf| datum = 1951-06-09| hämtdatum = 2008-02-09| utgivare = ''[[The Washington Post]]''| format = kostar}}</ref> Davis lämnade MGM 1952 och började söka efter en bredare uppsättning roller.<ref>{{cite book | last=Wills | first=Garry | authorlink=Garry Wills | title=Reagan's America: Innocents at Home | publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] | year=1987 | isbn=0385182864}} s. 184.</ref> Kort därefter spelade hon i [[science fiction]]-filmen ''[[Donovan's Brain]]'' (1953); Crowther sa att Davis, som spelade rollen som en besatt vetenskapsmans "frustrerade och sorgsna hustru", "walked through it all in stark confusion" i en "utterly silly" film.<ref>{{Tidningsref | författare = [[Bosley Crowther]]| titel = ' Donovan's Brain,' Science-Fiction Thriller, Has Premiere at the Criterion Theatre| url = http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F00A12FC3A5A117A93C3AB178AD85F408585F9| datum = 1954-01-21| hämtdatum = 2007-10-20| utgivare = ''[[The New York Times]]''}}</ref> Hennes sista roll var i filmen ''[[Hellcats of the Navy]]'' (1957), där hon spelade sköterskan Lieutenant Helen Blair, tillsammans med sin man, som en kritiker kallade "a housewife who came along for the ride".<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.toptenreviews.com/scripts/eframe/url.htm?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dvdtalk.com%2Fdvdsavant%2Fs808hell.html|titel = Hellcats of the Navy, review one|hämtdatum = 17 oktober 2007|utgivare = Kleinman.com Inc|efternamn = Erickson|förnamn = Glenn|år = 2003}}</ref> En annan kritiker skrev emellertid att Davis spelade sin roll väl, och "does well with what she has to work with".<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/hellcatsnavy.php|titel = Hellcats Of The Navy, review two|hämtdatum = 17 oktober 2007|utgivare = DVDVerdict|efternamn = Harper|förnamn = Erick|år = 2003}}</ref>

Noted author [[Garry Wills]] believes that Davis was underrated as an actress overall, because her constrained part in ''Hellcats'' was her most widely seen performance.<ref name="cannon-gov"/> Davis seems to have downplayed her Hollywood goals: MGM promotional material in 1949 said that her "greatest ambition" was to have a "successful happy marriage";<ref name="cannon-gov"/> decades later, in 1975, she would say, "I was never really a career woman but [became one] only because I hadn't found the man I wanted to marry. I couldn't sit around and do nothing, so I became an actress."<ref name="cannon-gov"/> Ronald Reagan biographer [[Lou Cannon]] nevertheless characterized her as a "reliable" and "solid" performer who held her own in performances with better-known actors.<ref name="cannon-gov"/> After her final film, she appeared in television dramas such as ''[[Wagon Train]]'' and ''[[The Tall Man (TV series)|The Tall Man]]'' until 1962, when she retired as an actress.<ref name="The Films of Nancy Reagan">{{Webbref |url = http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/nancy/films.asp|titel = Nancy Reagan > Her Films|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = Ronald Reagan Foundation}}</ref> During her career, she served on the board of directors of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] for nearly 10 years.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.sag.org/ronald-reagan|titel = Screen Actors Guild Presidents|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = Screen Actors Guild}}</ref>

==Marriage and family==
During her career as an actress, Nancy Davis dated actors in Hollywood; she later called [[Clark Gable]], whom she dated briefly, the nicest of the stars she had met.<ref name="nyt-lw"/> On November 15, 1949, she met Ronald Reagan,<ref name="cannon-gov-77">Cannon, Lou (2003), pp. 77–78.</ref> who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild. Concerned that she would be confused with another actress of the same name who appeared on the [[Hollywood blacklist]], she contacted Reagan to help maintain her employment as a guild actress in Hollywood, and for assistance in having her name removed from the list.<ref name="nyt-lw"/> The two began dating and their relationship became publicly visible; one Hollywood press account described their nightclub-free times together as "the romance of a couple who have no vices".<ref name="cannon-gov-77"/> Ronald Reagan was skeptical about marriage, however, following his painful 1948 divorce from [[Jane Wyman]], and he still saw other women.<ref name="cannon-gov-77"/> He eventually proposed to Davis in the couple's favorite booth at the [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] restaurant [[Chasen's]].<ref name="cannon-gov-77"/> They married on March 4, 1952—in a simple ceremony designed to avoid the press<ref name="Little Brown Church">{{Webbref |url = http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/golf/sns-ap-reagan-places,0,1844441.story?page=2|titel = Noteworthy places in Reagan's life|hämtdatum = 11 april 2007|datum = 2004-06-05|utgivare = ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''}}</ref>—at the Little Brown Church in the [[San Fernando Valley]] of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. The only people in attendance were actor [[William Holden]], the best man, and his wife, the matron of honor.<ref name="First Ladies: Nancy Reagan">{{Webbref |url = http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/nr40.html|titel = First Ladies: Nancy Reagan|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = The White House}}</ref><ref name="cannon-gov-77"/> The couple's first child, Patricia Ann Reagan (better known by her professional name, [[Patti Davis]]), was born on October 21, 1952. Their son, [[Ron Reagan|Ronald Prescott Reagan]], was born six years later on May 20. 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.

[[Image:Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan aboard a boat in California 1964.jpg|thumb|right|Nancy and Ronald Reagan on a boat in 1964]]
[[Image:Photograph of Governor Ronald Reagan, Ron Junior, Mrs. Reagan, and Patti Davis - NARA - 198603.jpg|thumb|right|The Reagan family in 1967, shortly after Ronald Reagan's inauguration as Governor of California]]
Observers described Ronald and Nancy Reagan's relationship as close, real, and intimate.<ref>Beschloss, Michael (2007), p. 296</ref> As President and First Lady, the Reagans were reported to display their affection frequently, with one press secretary noting, "They never took each other for granted. They never stopped courting."<ref name="Love Story"/><ref name="By Reagan's Side, but her own person"/> Ronald often called Nancy "Mommy"; she called him "Ronnie".<ref name="By Reagan's Side, but her own person"> {{Webbref |url = http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usnanc063835985jun06,0,3872519.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines|titel = By Reagan's Side, but her own person|hämtdatum = 15 augusti 2007|utgivare = ''[[Newsday]]''|författare = Berry, Deborah Barfield|datum = June 6, 2004}}</ref> While the President was recuperating in the hospital after the 1981 assassination attempt, Nancy Reagan wrote in her diary, "Nothing can happen to my Ronnie. My life would be over."<ref name="Beschloss, Michael p. 284">Beschloss, Michael (2007), p. 284</ref> In a letter to Nancy, Ronald wrote, "whatever I treasure and enjoy&nbsp;… all would be without meaning if I didn’t have you."<ref name="Reagan Love Story">{{Webbref |url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4201869/|titel = Reagan Love Story|utgivare = NBC News|datum = June 9, 2004|hämtdatum = 25 maj 2007}}</ref> In 1994, President Reagan wrote, "I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with [[Alzheimer's disease]]&nbsp;… I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy from this painful experience."<ref name="Love Story"/> In 1998, while her husband was severely affected by the disease, Nancy told ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', "Our relationship is very special. We were very much in love and still are. When I say my life began with Ronnie, well, it's true. It did. I can't imagine life without him."<ref name="Love Story">{{Webbref |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/265714.stm|titel = End of a Love Story|utgivare = BBC News|datum = June 5, 2004|hämtdatum = 21 mars 2007}}</ref> Nancy was known for the focused and attentive look, nicknamed "the Gaze", that she fastened upon her husband during his speeches and appearances.<ref name="Up Next for Nancy Reagan">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/13/Worldandnation/Up_next_for_Nancy_Rea.shtml|titel = Up Next for Nancy Reagan: tending her Ronnie's flame|datum = June 13, 2004|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]''}}</ref> President Reagan's death in June 2004 ended what actor [[Charlton Heston]] called "the greatest love affair in the history of the American Presidency."<ref name="Love Story"/>

Nancy's relationship with her children was not always as close as that with her husband; she frequently quarreled with her biological children and her stepchildren. Her relationship with Patti was the most contentious; Patti flouted [[American conservatism]] and rebelled against her parents by joining the [[nuclear freeze|nuclear freeze movement]] and authoring many anti-Reagan books.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/peopleevents/pande05.html|titel = The Reagan Children|efternamn = Wolf|förnamn = Julie|hämtdatum = 17 oktober 2007|år = 2000|utgivare = PBS}}</ref> Nancy's disagreements with Michael were also shown publicly. In 1984, she was quoted on television as saying that the two were in an "estrangement right now". Michael responded that Nancy was trying to cover up for the fact she had not met his daughter, Ashley, who had been born nearly a year earlier.<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), pp. 148–149</ref> They eventually made peace, however. Nancy was thought to be closest to her stepdaughter Maureen during the White House years, but each of the Reagan children experienced periods of estrangement from their parents.<ref name="Love Story"/>

==First Lady of California, 1967&ndash;1975==
[[Image:Nancy Reagan as First Lady of California.jpg|thumb|right|Nancy as the First Lady of California]]
Reagan was First Lady of California during her husband's two terms as governor. She disliked living in [[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, when, after four months' residence in the [[California Governor's Mansion]] in Sacramento, she moved her family into a wealthy suburb because fire officials had described the mansion as a "firetrap".<ref name="nancy-135"/> Though the Reagans leased the new house at their expense,<ref name="can-gov-233"/> the move was viewed by many as snobbish. Nancy defended her actions as being for the good of her family, a judgement with which her husband readily agreed.<ref name="nancy-135">Reagan, Nancy (1989), pp. 135–137</ref><ref name="can-gov-233"/> Friends of the family later helped support the cost of the leased house, while Nancy Reagan supervised construction of a new [[ranch-style house|ranch-style]] governor's residence in nearby [[Carmichael, California|Carmichael]].<ref name="nyt111904">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/national/19mansion.html|titel = Forget the White House, Schwarzenegger Needs Digs Now|författare = Charlie LeDuff|utgivare = ''[[The New York Times]]''|datum = 2004-11-19|hämtdatum = 19 oktober 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 eventually sold in 1982, and California governors have been living in improvised arrangements ever since.<ref name="nyt111904"/>

In 1967 Nancy Reagan was appointed by her husband to the [[California Arts Commission]],<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F1071FF93D5E1A718DDDAE0994D9415B878AF1D3|titel = Reagan Panel Fills Arts Chief's Post After It Ousted Aide|författare = Robert_Windeler|utgivare = ''[[The New York Times]]''|datum = 1967-11-17|hämtdatum = 18 oktober 2007}}</ref> and a year later 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>{{Tidningsref |url = 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|titel = A Model First Lady|författare = Lynn Lilliston|utgivare = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|datum = 1968-12-13|hämtdatum = 19 oktober 2007}}</ref> Her glamour, style, and youthfulness made her a frequent subject for [[Photojournalism|press photographers]].<ref name="fl-ca">{{cite book | last=Cook | first=Lynn | coauthors=Janet LaDue | title=The First Ladies of California | publisher=Xlibris Corporation | year=2007 | isbn=1425729657}} pp. 110–111.</ref> As First Lady, Reagan visited veterans, the elderly, and the handicapped, and worked with a number of charities.<ref name="Medal Of Freedom Recipients">{{Webbref |url = http://www.medaloffreedom.com/NancyReagan.htm|titel = Medal of Freedom Recipients: Nancy Reagan|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = medaloffreedom.com}}</ref> She was involved with the [[Foster Grandparent Program]],<ref name="Foster Grandparent's Program"/> helping to popularize it in the United States, then in Australia.<ref>{{cite book | last=Anthony | first=Carl Sferrazza | title=America's Most Influential First Ladies | publisher=The Oliver Press | year=2003 | isbn=1881508692}} p. 135.</ref> She later expanded her work with the organization after arriving in Washington,<ref name="Foster Grandparent's Program">{{Webbref |url = http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4649|titel = Foster Grandparent's Program|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = Scholastic}}</ref> and wrote about it in her 1982 book ''To Love a Child''.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,63814,00.html|titel = Bio: Nancy Reagan|utgivare = [[Fox News]]|författare = Samantha Jonas|datum = 2004-06-05|hämtdatum = 19 oktober 2007}}</ref> The Reagans also held dinners for former [[Prisoners of War|POWs]] and [[Vietnam War]] veterans while Governor and First Lady.<ref name="timberg-bio">{{cite book | last=Timberg | first=Robert | title=John McCain: An American Odyssey | publisher=[[Touchstone Books]] | year=1999 | isbn=0-684-86794-X}} pp. 119–121.</ref>

==On the campaign trail==
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Governor Reagan's term ended in 1975, and he did not run for a third; instead, he met with advisors to discuss a possible bid for the [[President of the United States|presidency]] in [[United States presidential election, 1976|1976]]. His advisors approved of the bid, but Reagan still needed to convince a reluctant Nancy.<ref>Benze, James G. (2005), p. 32</ref> Once she had approved, she contributed to his campaign by overseeing personnel, monitoring her husband's schedule, and occasionally providing [[press conference]]s.<ref name="Benze, James G., Jr. (2005), p. 33"/> Reagan lost the 1976 Republican nomination to the incumbent President [[Gerald Ford]], but he ran again for the presidency in [[United States presidential election, 1980|1980]] and succeeded in winning the nomination and election. During this second campaign, Nancy's management of staff became more apparent.<ref name="Benze, James G., Jr. (2005), p. 33">Benze, James G., Jr. (2005), p. 33</ref> She arranged a meeting between feuding campaign staffers [[John Sears]] and [[Michael Deaver]] with her husband, which resulted in Deaver leaving the campaign and placing Sears in charge. After the Reagan camp lost the [[Iowa caucus]] and fell behind in [[New Hampshire primary|New Hampshire]] polls, Nancy organized a second meeting and decided it was time to fire Sears and his associates; she gave Sears a copy of the press release announcing his dismissal.<ref name="Benze, James G., Jr. (2005), p. 33"/>

==First Lady of the United States, 1981&ndash;1989==
[[Image:The Reagans waving from the limousine during the Inaugural Parade 1981.jpg|thumb|right|First Lady Nancy Reagan and President Reagan during the inaugural parade, 1981]]
[[Image:Nancy Reagan Red Room 1981.jpg|thumb|right|Mrs. Reagan models for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' Magazine in the [[Red Room (White House)|Red Room]], 1981]]

===White House glamour===
====Renovation====
Nancy Reagan became the First Lady of the United States when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President in 1981. Early in her tenure as First Lady, Reagan stated her desire to create a more suitable "first home" in the [[White House]], as the building had fallen into a state of disrepair following years of neglect.<ref name="NR American"/> Rather than use government funds to renovate and redecorate, she sought private donations.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan">{{Webbref |url = http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=41|titel = First Lady Biography: Nancy Reagan|hämtdatum = 2 juni 2007|utgivare = National First Ladies Library}}</ref> Nancy directed a major renovation of several White House rooms, including all of the second and third floors<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.whitehousehistory.org/05/subs/05_b20.html|titel = Nancy Reagan|utgivare = The White House Historical Association|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008}}</ref> and the [[James S. Brady Press Briefing Room|press briefing room]].<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/west-wing/press-briefing-room.htm|titel = Brady Press Briefing Room|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008|utgivare = The White House Museum}}</ref> The renovation included the conversion of the master bedroom's closet into a beauty parlor and dressing room, as well as the West bedroom into a small gymnasium.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor2/west-bedroom.htm|titel = West Bedroom|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008|utgivare = The White House Museum}}</ref> The addition of a Chinese-pattern handpainted wallpaper to the master bedroom, as well as many other significant changes, took place as a result of the renovation and refurbishment.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor2/master-bedroom.htm|titel = Master Bedroom|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008|utgivare = The White House Museum}}</ref>

Nancy drew controversy by announcing the purchase of 4,370 pieces of scarlet, cream and gold [[China Room|state china service]] for the White House at a cost of $210,399.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.lenox.com/index.cfm?ss=services&cat=about&lp=whitehouse|titel = "Lenox: White House"|hämtdatum = 2 juni 2007|utgivare = Lenox, Inc}}</ref> Although the china was paid for by private donations, some from the private Knapp Foundation, the purchase raised eyebrows, for it was ordered at a time when the nation was undergoing an [[Early 1980s recession|economic recession]].<ref>Klapthor, Margaret Brown (1999), p. 184</ref>

====Fashion====
Another of Nancy Reagan's trademarks was her interest in fashion. After the presidencies of [[Gerald Ford]] (who favored the [[The Victors|Michigan fight song]] over "[[Hail to the Chief]]") and [[Jimmy Carter]] (who dramatically reduced the formality of presidential functions), Nancy brought a [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]-esque glamour back into the White House.<ref name="Nancy's Closet">{{Tidningsref |förnamn = Kevin|författare = West|titel = Nancy's Closet|url = http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/10/nancy_reagan|utgivare = Style.com|hämtdatum = 28 januari 2008}}</ref> Nancy favored the color red, calling it "a picker-upper", and wore it accordingly.<ref name="Nancy's Closet"/> Her wardrobe included red so often, that the fire-engine shade became known as "Reagan red".<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/02/06/color-me-nancy-reagan-red.aspx|titel = Color Me Nancy Reagan Red|hämtdatum = 18 juni 2008|utgivare = Slate.com|datum = February 6, 2008|författare = Stevens, Dana}}</ref> She chose dresses and gowns made by luxury designers, including [[James Galanos]] and [[Oscar de la Renta]]; her 1981 Galanos inaugural gown was estimated to cost $10,000.<ref name="Nancy's Closet"/> She hired two private [[hairdresser]]s that would do her hair on a regular basis in the White House.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE0D81338F930A1575BC0A960948260|titel = Washington Talk: Briefing; A Do Ado|författare = King, Wayne and Warren Weaver, Jr.|datum = August 23, 1986|hämtdatum = 18 juni 2008}}</ref>

Her elegant fashions and wardrobe were also controversial subjects. In 1982, she revealed that she had accepted thousands of dollars in clothing, jewelry, and other gifts, but defended herself by stating that she had borrowed the clothes and that they would either be returned or donated to museums,<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F60716FA3A5C0C758DDDA80894DA484D81|titel = For Mrs. Reagan, Gifts Mean High Fashion At No Cost|utgivare = Associated Press for ''[[The New York Times]]''|datum = 1982-01-16|format = fee required|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008}}</ref><ref name="Nancy's Closet"/> and that she was promoting the American fashion industry.<ref name="nyt021782"/> Facing criticism, she soon said she would no longer accept such loans.<ref name="nyt021782">{{Tidningsref |url = http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30912F9395F0C748DDDAB0894DA484D81|titel = Nancy Reagan Gives Up Dress Designer Loans|författare = [[Hedrick Smith]]|tidning = [[The New York Times]]|datum = 1982-02-17|format = fee required|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008}}</ref> In practice, in addition to often buying her clothes, she continued to borrow and sometimes keep designer clothes throughout her time as First Lady, which came to light in 1988 based upon statements of several designers,<ref name="time102488">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968774-1,00.html|titel = Why Mrs. Reagan Still Looks Like a Million|författare = Ed Magnuson|tidning = [[Time (magazine)|Time]]|datum = 1988-10-24|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008}}</ref> for whom the arrangement was good for their businesses<ref name="time102488"/> as well as for the American fashion industry overall.<ref name="bg101988"/>  After first denying any such activity, none of which had been included on financial disclosure forms,<ref name="time102488"/> Nancy acknowledged that she had "broken her little promise"<ref name="bg101988">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8084313.html|titel = Nancy Reagan's Dress Blues: Borrowing Clothes From Top Designers May Be Chic, But Is It Proper?|författare = John Robinson|tidning = [[The Boston Globe]]|datum = 1988-10-19|hämtdatum = 7 februari 2008|format = fee required}}</ref> by continuing to take loans and expressed through her press secretary "regrets that she failed to heed counsel's advice" on disclosing them.<ref name="nyt101888">{{Tidningsref |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DA1E3AF93BA25753C1A96E948260|titel = First Lady Expresses 'Regrets' on Wardrobe|författare = [[Steven V. Roberts]]|tidning = [[The New York Times]]|datum = 1988-10-18|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008}}</ref> Such gifts and fashion loans were later determined to be worth about $3 million;<ref name="irs" /> the non-reporting of loans under $10,000 in liability was in violation of a voluntary agreement the White House had made in 1982, while the non-reporting of more valuable loans or of any clothes not returned that thus constituted gifts was in violation of the [[Ethics in Government Act]].<ref name="time102488"/><ref name="nyt101888"/><ref name="wapo120589">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1226713.html|titel = IRS Looking Into Gifts To Reagans; Borrowed Designer Dresses Subject of Tax Inquiry|författare = [[Howard Kurtz]]|utgivare = ''[[The Washington Post]]''|datum = 1989-12-05|hämtdatum = 2 februari 2008|format = fee required}}</ref>

The new china, White House renovations, expensive clothing, and her attendance at the wedding of [[Charles, Prince of Wales| Charles]] and [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana]], Prince and Princess of Wales,<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/background/wedding1.htm|titel = Britain Celebrates, Charles Takes a Bride|hämtdatum = 16 november 2007|utgivare = ''The Washington Post''|datum = 1981-07-30|författare = Downie, Leonard Jr.}}</ref>  gave her an aura of being "out of touch" with the American people during an [[Early 1980s recession|economic recession]].<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> This and her taste for splendor inspired the derogatory nickname "Queen Nancy".<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> In an attempt to deflect the criticism, she self-deprecatingly donned a [[baglady]] costume at the [[Gridiron Club|1982 Gridiron Dinner]] and sang "Second-Hand Clothes", mimicking the song "Second-Hand Rose".<ref name="Husband's Past will shape Nancy Reagan's future">{{Webbref |url = http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-13-nancy-reagan_x.htm|titel = Husband's Past will shape Nancy Reagan|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = ''USA Today''|datum = 2004-06-13|författare = Page, Susan}}</ref>

Nancy Reagan reflected on the criticisms in her 1989 autobiography, ''My Turn''. Reagan describes lunching with former [[Democratic National Committee]] chairman [[Robert Schwarz Strauss|Robert Strauss]], wherein Strauss said to her, "When you first came to town, Nancy, I didn't like you at all. But after I got to know you, I changed my mind and said, 'She's some broad!'" Nancy responded, "Bob, based on the press reports I read then, I wouldn't have liked me either!"<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 56</ref>

===Just Say No===
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[[Image:NRJUSTSAYNO.jpg|thumb|left|Reagan gives a speech at a "[[Just Say No]]" rally in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] in 1987.]]
Nancy Reagan launched the "[[Just Say No]]" drug awareness campaign in 1982, which was her primary project and major initiative as First Lady.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> In 1982, while visiting [[Longfellow Elementary School]] in [[Oakland, California]],<ref>Loizeau, Pierre-Marie. ''Nancy Reagan: The Woman Behind the Man'' (1984). Nova Publishers, pp. 104-105</ref> Reagan was asked by a schoolgirl what to do when offered [[recreational drug use|drugs]]; Nancy's response was "Just say no."<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1989/010489a.htm|titel = Remarks at the Nancy Reagan Drug Abuse Center Benefit Dinner in Los Angeles, California|hämtdatum = 3 oktober 2007|utgivare = Ronald Reagan Foundation|datum = [[1989-01-04]]|citat = ...in Oakland where a schoolchild in an audience Nancy was addressing stood up and asked what she and her friends should say when someone offered them drugs. And Nancy said, "Just say no." And within a few months thousands of Just Say No clubs had sprung up in schools around the country.}}</ref> The phrase proliferated in the popular culture of the 1980s and was eventually adopted as the name of club organizations and school anti-drug programs.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> Reagan traveled more than {{convert|250000|mi|km}} throughout the United States and several nations, visiting drug abuse prevention programs and [[drug rehabilitation]] centers. She also appeared on television talk shows, recorded public service announcements, and wrote guest articles.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/>

In 1985, Nancy expanded the campaign to an international level by inviting the [[First Lady|First Ladies]] of various nations to the White House for a conference on drug abuse.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> On October 27, 1986, President Reagan signed a drug enforcement bill into law, which granted $1.7 billion in funding to fight the crisis and ensured a mandatory minimum penalty for [[drug-related crime|drug offense]]s.<ref name="PBS Frontline">{{Webbref |url = http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/cron/|titel = Thirty Years of America's Drug War|utgivare = pbs.org|hämtdatum = 4 april 2007}}</ref> Although the bill was criticized by some, Nancy Reagan considered it a personal victory.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> In 1988, she became the first First Lady invited to address the [[United Nations General Assembly]], where she spoke on international drug interdiction and [[trafficking]] laws.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/>

Critics of the "Just Say No" campaign and the American "[[War on Drugs]]" argued that the program was too costly and questioned its purpose.<ref name="critics of just say no"/> Author Jeff Elliott states that the Reagan administration's synonymous use of the terms "drug use" and "drug abuse" was improper, referencing Dr. Michael Newcomb's claim that there is "no evidence that most people who experiment with drugs get hooked."<ref name="critics of just say no">{{Webbref |url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n5_v25/ai_13786316/pg_3|titel = Just say nonsense - Nancy Reagan's drug education programs|hämtdatum = 10 oktober 2007|utgivare = ''Washington Monthly''|månad = May|år = 1993|sidor = 3|författare = Elliott, Jeff}}{{död länk|datum=2015-10}}</ref> It was also argued that the program did not go far enough in addressing many social issues including [[unemployment]], [[poverty]], and family dissolution;<ref name="critics of just say no"/> Nancy's approach to promoting drug awareness was labeled as simplistic by liberal critics as well.<ref name="NR American">{{Tidningsref |utgivare = PBS|url = http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/peopleevents/pande03.html|författare = Wolf, Julie.|titel = The American Experience: Nancy Reagan|hämtdatum = 22 januari 2008}}</ref>

[[Image:NREAGANDRUG.jpg|thumb|Reagan hosts the First Ladies Conference on Drug Abuse at the White House, 1985.]]
Nonetheless, a number of "Just Say No" clubs and organizations remain in operation around the country, and they aim to educate children and teenagers about the effects of drugs.<ref name="Just Say No">{{Webbref |url = http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/nancy/just_say_no.asp|titel = "Mrs. Reagan's Crusade"|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = Ronald Reagan Foundation}}</ref> In 1983, Reagan appeared as herself in an episode of the hit television drama ''[[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]]'' to underscore support for the anti-drug campaign. As she continued to promote "Just Say No", she appeared in an episode of the popular 1980s sitcom ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]''<ref name="Dynasty">{{Webbref |url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0560083/|titel = 'Diff'rent Strokes': The Reporter (1983)|hämtdatum = 18 oktober 2007|utgivare = The Internet Movie Database}}</ref> and in a 1985 rock music video, "[[Stop the Madness]]".<ref>{{cite video |people= Brian L. Dyak (Executive Producer), William N. Utz (Executive Producer)|date2=1985-12-11|title= Stop the Madness|medium=Music Video|publisher= E.I.C.|location=Hollywood, California and The White House, Washington, D.C.|accessdate=2007-11-19 |time=3:15}}</ref>

===Her husband's protector===
Nancy Reagan assumed the role of unofficial "protector" for her husband after the [[Reagan assassination attempt|attempted assassination]] on his life in 1981.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/05/national/main621274.shtml|titel = His Fierce Protector: Nancy|hämtdatum = 15 november 2007|datum = June 5, 2004|utgivare = CBS}}</ref> On March 30 of that year, President Reagan and three others were shot as they left the [[Hilton Washington|Washington Hilton Hotel]]. Nancy was alerted and arrived at [[George Washington University Hospital]], where the President was hospitalized. She recalled having seen "emergency rooms before, but I had never seen one like this—with my husband in it."<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 5</ref> She was escorted into a waiting room, and when granted access to see her husband, he quipped to her, "Honey, I forgot to duck", borrowing the defeated boxer [[Jack Dempsey|Jack Dempsey's]] jest to his wife.<ref name="NoonanPBS">{{Webbref |url = http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/essays/reagan.html|författare = Noonan, Peggy|titel = Character Above All: Ronald Reagan essay|utgivare = PBS|hämtdatum = 15 augusti 2007}}</ref> 

An early example of her protective nature occurred when Senator [[Strom Thurmond]] entered the President's hospital room that day in March, passing the [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] detail by claiming he was the President's "close friend", presumably to acquire media attention.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://webstorage3.mcpa.virginia.edu/poh/materials/oph_2002_1024_friedersdorf.pdf|titel = Final Edited Transcript: Interview with Max Friedersdorf|hämtdatum = 20 oktober 2007|datum = October October 24-25 2002|format = PDF|utgivare = Miller Center of Public Affairs|sidor = 60|citat = Mrs. Reagan was all upset, of course. He said that Senator [Strom] Thurmond had come over to the hospital and had talked his way in, past the lobby, up to the President’s room—he’s in intensive care, tubes coming out of his nose and his throat, tubes in his arms and everything—and said that Strom Thurmond had talked his way past the secret service into his room and Mrs. Reagan was outraged, distraught. She couldn’t believe her eyes. He said, 'You know, those guys are crazy. They come over here trying to get a picture in front of the hospital and trying to talk to the President when he may be on his deathbed.}}</ref> Nancy was outraged and demanded he leave.<ref name="Beschloss, Michael p. 284"/> While the president recuperated in the hospital, the first lady slept with one of his shirts to be comforted by the scent.<ref name="Beschloss, Michael p. 284" /> When Reagan was released from the hospital on April 12, she escorted him back to the White House.

====Influence in the White House====
[[File:President Ronald Reagan Being Sworn in for a Second Term by Chief Justice Warren Burger as Nancy Reagan Observes during the Private Ceremony at the White House.jpg|thumb|right|"The Gaze": Nancy watches as her husband is sworn in for a second term by Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]], on January 20, 1985.]]
Nancy stated in her [[memoirs]], "I felt panicky every time [Ronald] left the White House"<ref> Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 21</ref> following the assassination attempt, and made it her concern to know her husband's schedule: the events he would be attending, and with whom.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> Eventually, this protectiveness led to her consulting an [[astrologer]], [[Joan Quigley]], who offered insight on which days were "good", "neutral", or should be avoided, which influenced her husband's [[White House]] schedule.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEEDF1030F93BA25750C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print|titel = Stars and Strife|hämtdatum = 16 november 2007|datum = March 18, 1990|utgivare = ''The New York Times''|författare = Ivins, Molly}}</ref> Days were color-coded according to the astrologer's advice to discern precisely which days and times would be optimal for the president's safety and success.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/> 
The [[White House Chief of Staff]], [[Donald Regan]], grew frustrated with this regimen, which created friction between him and the First Lady. This escalated with the revelation of the [[Iran-Contra affair]], an administration scandal, in which the First Lady felt Regan was damaging the president.<ref>Anthony, C.S. (1991), p. 396</ref> She thought he should resign, and expressed this to her husband although he did not share her view. Regan wanted President Reagan to address the Iran-Contra matter in early 1987 by means of a [[press conference]], though Nancy refused to allow Reagan to overexert himself due to a recent prostate surgery and astrological warnings.<ref>Anthony, C.S. (1991), p. 398</ref> Regan became so angry with Nancy that he hung up on her during a 1987 telephone conversation. According to former [[ABC News]] correspondent [[Sam Donaldson]], when the President heard of this treatment, he demanded—and eventually received—Regan's resignation.<ref>{{cite video | people=Thomas, Rhys (Writer/Producer); Donaldson, Sam (interviewee)| year=2005 | url=http://shop.history.com/detail.php?a=71740| title=The Presidents| medium=Documentary | publisher=A&E Television}}</ref> In his 1988 memoirs, Regan wrote about Nancy's consultations with the astrologer, the first public mention of them, which resulted in embarrassment for the First Lady.<ref>{{Tidningsref |http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050102070.html |titel = Ronald Reagan, In His Own Words|författare = [[Howard Kurtz]]|utgivare = ''[[The Washington Post]]''|datum = 2007-05-02|hämtdatum = 20 oktober 2007}}</ref> Nancy later wrote, "Astrology was simply one of the ways I coped with the fear I felt after my husband almost died... Was astrology one of the reasons [further attempts did not occur]? I don't ''really'' believe it was, but I don't ''really'' believe it wasn't."<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 44, p. 47</ref> 

Nancy Reagan wielded a powerful influence over President Reagan.<ref name="BBC Nancy's image"/> Again stemming from the assassination attempt, she strictly controlled access to the president and even occasionally attempted to influence her husband's decision making.<ref name="BBC Nancy's image"/><ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 62</ref> She wrote in her memoirs, "I don't think I was as bad, or as extreme in my power or my weakness, as I was depicted,"<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. vii</ref> but went on, "[H]owever the first lady fits in, she has a unique and important role to play in looking after her husband. And it's only natural that she'll let him know what she thinks. I always did that for Ronnie, and I always will."<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 65</ref>

===Breast cancer===
In October 1987, a [[mammogram]] detected a suspicious lesion in Nancy Reagan's left breast. Tests concluded that the lesion was a malignant tumor and Reagan was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]]. After consultation with doctors, Nancy decided to have a [[mastectomy]] performed rather than a [[lumpectomy]].<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B0DE2DA123DF93BA25753C1A961948260|titel = Surgeons Remove Cancerous Breast of Nancy Reagan|hämtdatum = 23 juni 2008|tidning = The New York Times|författare = Altman, Lawrence K|datum = October 18, 1987}}</ref> Remarkably, even that decision was criticized.<ref name="NR American"/> The first lady had her left breast removed on October 17, 1987. It was not long after the operation that her mother, Edith Luckett Davis, died in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], leading Nancy to dub the period "a terrible month".<ref>Reagan, Nancy (1989), p. 285</ref>

After the surgery, more women across the country went in for mammograms, a demonstration of the influence of the first lady.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001360.htm|titel = Perspectives in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Trends in Screening Mammograms for Women 50 Years of Age and Older — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1987|hämtdatum = 23 juni 2008|datum = March 10, 1989|utgivare = Department of Health and Human Services}}</ref>

===The Russians===
[[Image:President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan with Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev at the White House State Dinner.jpg|thumb|right|The Reagan and Gorbachevs at the [[state dinner]], 1987]]
In 1985, 1987, and 1988, while [[Cold War]] discussions took place regarding nuclear affairs between [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Leader]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and President Reagan, Nancy met with Gorbachev's wife, [[Raisa Gorbachev|Raisa]]. The two women usually had tea, and discussed differences between the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] and the United States. Their relationship was anything but the friendly, diplomatic one between their husbands; Nancy found Raisa hard to converse with and their relationship was described as "frosty".<ref>{{Tidningsref |tidning = The New York Times|hämtdatum = 14 oktober 2008|datum = December 8, 1988|författare = Celestine Bohlen|titel = The Gorbachev Visit; Another Obstacle Falls: Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbachev Get Chummy|url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE6DD1039F93BA35751C1A96E948260}}</ref> Visiting the United States for the first time in 1987, Raisa irked Reagan with lectures on subjects ranging from architecture to socialism, reportedly prompting the American President's wife to quip, "Who does that dame think she is?"<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967592-1,00.html|utgivare = ''Time'' Magazine|författare = Chua-Eoan, Howard G.|titel = "My Wife Is a Very Independent Lady"|datum = June 6, 1988|hämtdatum = 5 oktober 2007}}</ref> Nancy had previously encouraged her husband to hold these "summit" conferences with Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev, and suggested they form a personal relationship beforehand.<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/>

Both Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev had developed a productive relationship through their summit negotiations. In 1987, 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 [[state dinner]].<ref name="sj165">Schifando and Joseph (2007), p. 165</ref> The dinner would be an important one, as there was enormous anticipation for its occurrence.<ref name="sj165"/> After the meal, Mrs. Reagan recruited pianist [[Van Cliburn]] to sing a rendition of "Moscow Nights" for the Soviet delegation, to which Mikhail and Raisa broke out into song.<ref>Schifando and Joseph (2007), pp. 169-172</ref>  Former Secretary of State [[George Shultz]] commented on the evening, saying "We felt the ice of the Cold War crumbling."<ref>Schifando and Joseph (2007), p. 175</ref> Nancy concluded, "It was a perfect ending for one of the great evenings of my husband's presidency."<ref>Schifando and Joseph (2007), p. 173</ref>

==Later life==
Though Nancy was a controversial First Lady, 56&nbsp;percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of her when her husband left office on January 20, 1989, with 18&nbsp;percent having an unfavorable opinion and the balance not giving an opinion.<ref name="Nancy Reagan's poll numbers">{{Webbref |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/07/opinion/polls/main621632.shtml|titel = A Look Back At The Polls|hämtdatum = 23 september 2007|utgivare = CBS Interactive Inc|datum = June 7, 2004}}</ref>  Compared to fellow First Ladies when their husbands left office, Reagan's approval was higher than those of [[Rosalynn Carter]] and [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]], however she was less popular than [[Barbara Bush]] and her disapproval rating was double that of Carter's.<ref name="Nancy Reagan's poll numbers"/>

[[Image:Nancy Reagan official White House portrait.jpg|thumb|left|Nancy Reagan's official White House portrait hangs in the [[Vermeil Room]].]]
Upon leaving the White House, the couple returned to California, where they purchased a second home in the [[Bel Air, Los Angeles, California|Bel Air]] section of Los Angeles,<ref>{{Tidningsref |författare = Stevens|förnamn = Pam|titel = Reagan paid back his friends for house they bought for him|utgivare = CNN|datum = January 21, 2001|url = http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/26/reagan.house/index.html|hämtdatum = 16 november 2007}}</ref> dividing their time between Bel Air and the [[Rancho del Cielo|Reagan Ranch]] in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], California; Ronald and Nancy regularly attended [[Bel Air Presbyterian Church]] as well.<ref name="Agenting for God">{{Tidningsref |författare = Netburn|förnamn = Deborah|titel = Agenting for God|utgivare = Los Angeles Times|datum = December 24, 2006|url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1185261551.html?dids=1185261551:1185261551&FMT=ABS|hämtdatum = 16 november 2007}}</ref> After leaving Washington, Nancy made numerous public appearances, many on behalf of her husband. She continues to reside in the Bel Air home, where she lived with her husband until his death on June 5, 2004.<ref name="CNNHealth">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/05/reagan.health/|titel = Ronald Reagan dies at 93|utgivare = CNN|datum = 2004-06-05|hämtdatum = 7 februari 2007}}</ref>

===Early post-White House activities===
In late 1989, the former First Lady established the Nancy Reagan Foundation, which aimed to continue to educate people about the dangers of substance abuse.<ref name="Nancy Reagan">{{Webbref |url = http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/nancy/nancy_bio.asp|titel = Nancy Reagan: Her Life and Times|hämtdatum = 12 maj 2007|utgivare = Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation}}</ref> The Foundation teamed with the BEST Foundation For A Drug-Free Tomorrow in 1994, and developed the Nancy Reagan Afterschool Program. She continued to travel around the nation, speaking out against drug and alcohol abuse. 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|Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref name="First Lady Nancy Reagan"/>

{{Rquote|right|Ronnie's long journey has finally taken him to a distant place where I can no longer reach him.<ref name="BBC Nancy's image"/>|Nancy Reagan|May 2004}}
Also in 1989 she published ''[[My Turn (memoir)|My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan]]'', which gives an account of her life in the White House, speaking openly about her influence within the Reagan administration and discussing the myths and controversies that surrounded the couple.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.a1wdb.com/cgi-bin/women/11521.html|titel = My Turn Review|hämtdatum = 28 mars 2007|utgivare = A-1 Women's Discount Bookstore}}</ref> In 1991, the controversial author [[Kitty Kelley]] wrote an unauthorized and largely uncited biography about Nancy Reagan, repeating rumors of her supposed sexual relations with singer [[Frank Sinatra]], and of her poor relationship with her children. The publications ''[[USAToday]]'' and ''[[National Review]]'' state that Kelley's largely unsupported claims are most likely false.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-13-kelley-bush-book_x.htm|titel = Critical book on Bushes sparks firestorm|datum = 2004-09-13|hämtdatum = 24 december 2007|utgivare = ''USA Today''|författare = Kiely|förnamn = Kathy|citat = In 1991, The New York Times published a front-page story on Kelley's biography of Nancy Reagan — and then apologized for repeating some of its salacious charges without attempting to verify them.}}</ref><ref name="Judging the Reagan's">{{Tidningsref |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DF1E3CF935A15756C0A967958260|titel = Judging the Reagans|hämtdatum = 28 mars 2007|utgivare = ''The New York Times''|datum = May 26, 1991}}</ref><ref name="Kitty Kelley Book Review">{{Webbref |url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n8_v43/ai_10709718|titel = Here Kitty, Kitty - public reaction to Kitty Kelley's book 'Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography'|hämtdatum = 24 april 2007|datum = May 13, 1991|utgivare = ''[[National Review]]''}}{{död länk|datum=2015-10}}</ref> 

In 1989 the [[Internal Revenue Service]] began investigating the Reagans for whether they owed additional tax on the gifts and loans of high-fashion clothes and jewelry to Nancy during their time in the White House<ref name="nyt120689">{{Tidningsref |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D9113CF935A35751C1A96F948260|titel = Gifts and Loans to Nancy Reagan Stir I.R.S. Interest in High Fashion|författare = Hershey, Robert D.|tidning = [[The New York Times]]|datum = December 6, 1989|hämtdatum = 28 januari 2008}}</ref> (recipients benefiting from the display of such items recognize taxable income even if they are returned).<ref name="nyt120689"/>  In 1992 the IRS determined the Reagans had failed to include some $3 million worth of fashion items between 1983 and 1988 on their tax returns;<ref name="irs">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974751,00.html|titel = Nancy with the Golden Threads|författare = Castro, Janice|datum = January 27, 1992|hämtdatum = 28 januari 2008|tidning = Time}}</ref> they were billed for a large amount of back taxes and interest, which was subsequently paid.<ref name="irs"/>

Nancy Reagan was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the nation's highest civilian honor, by President [[George W. Bush]] on July 9, 2002.<ref name="President Bush Honors Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award">{{Pressmeddelanderef |url = http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/07/20020709-8.html|rubrik = President Bush Honors Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award|datum = July 9, 2002|åtkomstdatum = 21 mars 2007|utgivare = The White House}}</ref> President Reagan received his own Presidential Medal of Freedom in January 1993. Nancy and her husband were jointly awarded the [[Congressional Gold Medal]] on May 16, 2002 at the Capitol Building, and were only the third President and First Lady to receive it; she received the medal for both of them.<ref name="Congressional Gold Medal History" <ref> {{Webbref |url = http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/goldMedal.html|titel = "Congressional Gold Medal History"|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = United States House of Representatives}} </ref>

===Ronald Reagan's funeral===
[[Image:Nancy Reagan says final goodbyes to RR June 11, 2004.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Former First Lady Nancy Reagan says her last goodbye to President Ronald Reagan on June 11, 2004, prior to the interment and concluding a [[Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan|week-long state funeral]] for the president.]]
{{see|Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan}}
Ronald Reagan died in their Bel Air home on June 5, 2004.<ref name="CNNHealth" /> During the seven-day [[Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan|state funeral]], Nancy, accompanied by her children and military escort, led the nation in mourning<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=atb999b159&templatename=/article/article.html|titel = Nancy Reagan|år = 2006|hämtdatum = 16 februari 2008|utgivare = Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc.}}</ref> by keeping a strong composure,<ref name="Nancy funeral role"/> traveling from her home to the [[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library|Reagan Library]] for a memorial service, then to [[Washington, D.C.]], where her husband's body [[lie in state|lay in state]] for 34 hours prior to a national funeral service in the [[Washington National Cathedral]].<ref>{{Pressmeddelanderef |utgivare = The Office of Ronald Reagan|datum = June 6, 2004|åtkomstdatum = 29 februari 2008|rubrik = Outline of Funeral Events in honor of Ronald Wilson Reagan|url = http://www.ronaldreaganmemorial.com/pressrelease_st5.asp}}</ref> She returned to the library in California for a sunset memorial service and interment, where, overcome with emotion, she lost her composure, crying in public for the first time during the week.<ref name="Nancy funeral role"/><ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/05/national/main621238.shtml|datum = June 12, 2004|hämtdatum = 29 februari 2008|utgivare = CBS|titel = A Nation bids Reagan Farewell}}</ref> After accepting the folded flag, she kissed the casket and mouthed "I love you" before leaving.<ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122528,00.html|titel = Reagan Laid to Rest|hämtdatum = 24 mars 2007|utgivare = Fox News|datum = 2004-06-12}}</ref>  Journalist [[Wolf Blitzer]] said of Reagan during the week, "She's a very, very strong woman, even though she looks frail."<ref>{{Tidningsref |datum = aired June 9, 2004|titel = Reagan's Casket Arrives in Washington|url = http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/09/se.03.html|format = Transcript|utgivare = CNN|hämtdatum = 2 november 2007}}</ref>

Previously, she had directed the detailed planning of the funeral,<ref name="Nancy funeral role">{{Tidningsref |url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DF1330F931A25755C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|titel = The 40th President: The President's Widow; For a Frail Mrs. Reagan, A Week of Great Resolve|datum = June 12, 2004|hämtdatum = 29 februari 2008|tidning = The New York Times|författare = Nogourney, Adam and Bernard Wienrob}}</ref> including ordering all the major events and asking former President [[George H. W. Bush]] as well as former British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] to speak during the National Cathedral Service.<ref name="Nancy funeral role"/> She paid very close attention to the details, something she had always done in her husband's life. [[Betsy Bloomingdale]], one of Reagan's closest friends, stated, "She looks a little frail. But she is very strong inside. She is. She has the strength. She is doing her last thing for Ronnie. And she is going to get it right."<ref name="Nancy funeral role"/> The funeral marked Reagan's first major public appearance since delivering a speech to the [[1996 Republican National Convention]] on her husband's behalf.<ref name="Nancy funeral role"/>

The funeral had a great impact on Reagan's public image. Following substantial criticism during her tenure as First Lady, she was seen somewhat as a national heroine, praised by many for supporting and caring for her husband while he suffered from Alzheimer's disease.<ref name="BBC Nancy's image">{{Tidningsref |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3794125.stm|titel = Nancy Reagan emerges as public icon|utgivare = BBC News|datum = 2004-06-10|hämtdatum = 2 november 2007}}</ref>

===Life after Ronald===
Reagan remained active in politics, particularly relating to [[stem cell research]]. Beginning in 2004, she favored what many consider to be the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party's]] position, and urged President [[George W. Bush]] to support federally funded embryonic stem cell research in the hope that this science could lead to a cure for Alzheimer's disease.<ref>{{Tidningsref |författare = Erika Check|titel = Bush pressured as Nancy Reagan pleads for stem-cell research|tidning = Nature|datum = 2004|volym = 429|sidor = 116|doi = 10.1038/429116a}}</ref> Although she failed to change the president's position, she did support his campaign for a second term.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-08-03-nancy-reagan-bush_x.htm|titel = Former first lady Nancy Reagan supports Bush's re-election|hämtdatum = 17 oktober 2007|utgivare = ''[[USA Today]]''|datum = August 4, 2004}}</ref>

[[Image:Nancy Reagan later life.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Reagan in 2005]]
In 2005, Reagan was honored at a gala dinner at the [[Ronald Reagan Building]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="dinner-wapo"/> There, she was treated regally; guests included [[Dick Cheney]], [[Harry Reid]] and [[Condoleezza Rice]].<ref name="dinner-wapo">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051200490_pf.html|titel = Just Say Yes: Nancy Reagan Welcomed Back at Tribute|datum = May 12, 2005|hämtdatum = 17 maj 2008|tidning = The Washington Post|författare = Roberts, Roxanne}}</ref> It was her first major public appearance since the funeral. Asked what her future plans are, Reagan shook her head and responded, "I don't know. I'll know when I'll know. But the [Reagan] library is Ronnie, so that's where I spend my time."<ref name="dinner-wapo"/> The following day she unveiled [[The Heart Truth]] First Ladies Red Dress Collection with [[Laura Bush]] at the [[Kennedy Center]].<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7833333|titel = First ladies dust off dresses for heart disease|hämtdatum = 18 maj 2008|utgivare = MSNBC|datum = May 12, 2005}}</ref> Reagan was briefly hospitalized the following month upon falling during a trip to the United Kingdom.<ref name="Nancy Reagan to rest after fall in London">{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8244659/|titel = Nancy Reagan to rest after fall in London|utgivare = Associated Press|datum = 2005-06-16|hämtdatum = 7 februari 2007}}</ref>

In 2007 she attended the [[Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford|national funeral service for Gerald Ford]] in the [[Washington National Cathedral]]. She continues to present the [[Ronald Reagan Freedom Award]] to a notable person who "embodies President Reagan's lifelong belief that one man or woman truly can make a difference."<ref name="Ronald Reagan Freedom Award"/><ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/07/AR2007020700141.html|titel = Ex-President Bush Receives Reagan Award|utgivare = ''[[The Washington Post]]''|datum = 2007-02-07|hämtdatum = 16 november 2007|författare = Daisy Nguyen}}</ref> On February 6, 2007, she presented the award to former President [[George H. W. Bush]]; other recipients include [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref name="Ronald Reagan Freedom Award">{{Webbref |url = http://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs/cpa/awards.asp|titel = Ronald Reagan Freedom Award|hämtdatum = 8 mars 2007|utgivare = Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation}}</ref> On May 3 of the same year, Reagan hosted and attended the first 2008 Republican Presidential Candidates Debate at the Reagan Presidential Library. While she did not participate in the discussions, she sat in the front row and listened as the men vying to become the nation's 44th president claimed to be a rightful successor to her husband, the 40th.<ref>{{Tidningsref |datum = May 4, 2007|författare = Nagourney, Adam|författare2 = Santora, Marc|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/us/politics/04repubs.html?hp|titel = ’08 Republicans Differ on Defining Party’s Future|utgivare = ''The New York Times''|hämtdatum = 4 maj 2007}}</ref>

[[Image:Nancy Reagan Margaret Spellings 2008.jpg|thumb|right|Mrs. Reagan with Education Secretary Margaret Spellings at the Reagan Library, June 9, 2008]]
She attended the funeral of former First Lady [[Lady Bird Johnson]] in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]] on July 14, 2007,<ref name="Reagan Library Debate">{{Webbref |url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18466314/|titel = Republicans walk tightrope over war in Iraq|hämtdatum = 3 maj 2007|författare = Alex Johnson|utgivare = MSNBC|datum = May 4, 2007}}</ref> and three days later accepted the highest Polish distinction, the [[Order of the White Eagle]], on behalf of Ronald Reagan at the Reagan Library. She mourned the death of her friends [[Merv Griffin]] and [[Michael Deaver]] in August that year.<ref name="Merv Griffin's Death">{{Webbref |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20051404,00.html|titel = Friends Mourn TV Legend Merv Griffin|hämtdatum = 12 juli 2007|utgivare = ''People'' Magazine|datum = August 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Webbref |url = http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=92853550|titel = Obituary: Michael Deaver|hämtdatum = 22 september 2007|utgivare = Legacy.com}}</ref> In November, Nancy opened the temporary exhibit "Nancy Reagan: A First Lady's Style" at her husband's library. The exhibit chronicles Nancy's wardrobe and displays over eighty designer dresses belonging to her; it begins with her 1952 wedding suit and culminates with the suit she wore to President Reagan's 2004 funeral.<ref>{{Tidningsref |förnamn = Monica|författare = Corcoran|titel = The Nancy Years|url = http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/11/image/ig-reaganstyle11|tidning = The Los Angeles Times|datum = 2007-11-08|hämtdatum = 20 januari 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Tidningsref |förnamn = Anna|författare = Bakalis|titel = Style exhibit chronicles Nancy Reagan's life|url = http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/09/nancy-reagan-a-first-ladys-style-at-reagan-her/|tidning = The Ventura County Star|datum = 2007-11-09|hämtdatum = 20 januari 2008}}</ref>

She traveled to [[New York City]] not long after and served as the guest of honor at a Reagan Library fundraiser hosted by [[Mayor of New York|New York Mayor]] [[Michael Bloomberg]]<ref name="Bloomberg">{{Tidningsref |titel = Bloomberg Turns to Reagan|url = http://www.nysun.com/new-york/bloomberg-turns-to-reagan/66254/|författare = Rauh, Grace.|datum = 2007-11-12|hämtdatum = 20 januari 2008|tidning = The New York Sun}}</ref> Though speculation arose over whether Reagan might support Bloomberg in a presidential bid,<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3860870|titel = Bloomberg Hosts Event with Nancy Reagan|datum = 2007-11-13|tidning = Associated Press|utgivare = ABC|hämtdatum = 20 januari 2008}}</ref> nothing came of it and she served as hostess of the [[Republican Party (United States) presidential debates, 2008|final Republican debate]] of the [[Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008|2008 presidential nomination process]] on January 30, 2008 at the Reagan Library.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/30/romney-mccain-out-of-step-with-conservative-mainstream/|utgivare = Fox News|datum = 2008-01-30|hämtdatum = 1 februari 2008|titel = Romney Blasts McCain over Iraq War Charge}}</ref><ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/one-word-reagan/|titel = One Word: Reagan|författare = Phillips, Kate|tidning = The New York Times|datum = 2008-01-31|hämtdatum = 9 februari 2008}}</ref>

On February 17, 2008, Nancy Reagan suffered a fall at her Bel Air home and was taken to [[St. John's Health Center]] in [[Santa Monica, California]]. She did not break a hip, as doctors originally feared.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021702625.html|tidning = The Washington Post|datum = 2008-02-17|hämtdatum = 17 februari 2008|titel = Nancy Reagan Hospitalized After Falling}}</ref> She underwent tests which produced normal results and was released from the hospital two days later.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23241883/|titel = Nancy Reagan Released From Hospital|datum = February 19, 2008|hämtdatum = 19 februari 2008|tidning = MSNBC}}</ref> She gained further media attention on March 25, when she formally endorsed Senator [[John McCain]], the presumptive Republican party nominee, for president of the United States.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/25/nancy-reagan-to-endorse-mccain/|titel = Nancy Reagan gives McCain seal of approval|tidning = Associated Press|utgivare = Fox News|datum = 2008-03-25|hämtdatum = 25 mars 2008}}</ref>  After releasing a statement on the death of [[Charlton Heston]] in April 2008,<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=42488&cat=2|titel = Nancy Reagan's tribute to Heston|datum = April 15, 2008|hämtdatum = 15 april 2008|utgivare = TransWorld News}}</ref> she attended his funeral in [[Pacific Palisades, California|Pacific Palisades]].<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/12/heston.funeral.ap/index.html?iref=hpmostpop|titel = Famous Friends lay Heston to Rest|utgivare = CNN|hämtdatum = 15 april 2008|datum = April 12, 2008}}</ref> On October 15, 2008, Nancy was admitted to [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center]] after having twisted on her leg and fallen at home the previous week. Persistent pain ensued and doctors determined that the 87-year-old former first lady had fractured her [[pelvis]]<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-reagan16-2008oct16,0,2664929.story?track=rss|tidning = Associated Press|datum = 2008-10-15|hämtdatum = 15 oktober 2008|titel = Nancy Reagan hospitalized with broken pelvis|utgivare = Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Tidningsref |utgivare = Fox News|url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,438403,00.html|titel = Nancy Reagan Hospitalized With Broken Pelvis|hämtdatum = 15 oktober 2008|datum = October 15, 2008work=Associated Press}}</ref> and [[sacrum]], a large, triangular bone at the base of the [[vertebral column|spine]] and at the upper and back part of the [[pelvic cavity]], where it is inserted like a wedge between the two [[hip bones]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/17/nancy.reagan/ edition.cnn.com, Nancy Reagan leaves hospital after breaking pelvis]</ref> She left the hospital on October 17, would thereafter undergo daily [[physical therapy]] at home, and the anticipated recovery would be six to eight weeks.<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEj9fFw5z34AJqjwxR0Y5ZSbk00w afp.google.com, Nancy Reagan leaves hospital after fall]</ref><ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49G7S420081017 reuters.com, Former first lady Nancy Reagan out of hospital]</ref> At the third U.S. presidential debate, which was held that evening, Senator John McCain began by expressing his sorrow that Mrs. Reagan had been hospitalized.<ref>{{Tidningsref |url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/15/debate.transcript/index.html?section=cnn_latest|titel = McCain, Obama go head to head in last debate|hämtdatum = 16 oktober 2008|utgivare = CNN|datum = October 15, 2008}}</ref>

== Filmografi ==
* ''The Doctor and the Girl'' (1949)
* ''East Side, West Side'' (1949)
* ''Shadow on the Wall'' (1950)
* ''The Next Voice You Hear...'' (1950)
* ''Night Into Morning'' (1951)
* ''It's a Big Country'' (1951) 
* ''Talk About a Stranger'' (1952)
* ''Shadow in the Sky'' (1952) 
* ''Donovan's Brain'' (1953)
* ''Rescue at Sea'' (även ''Crash Landing''—1955)
* ''Hellcats of the Navy'' (1957)<ref name="The Films of Nancy Reagan"/>

== Referenser ==
=== Noter ===
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=== Källor ===
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* Anthony, Carl Sferrazza (1991). First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents' Wives and Their Power; 1961-1990 (Volume II). New York: William Morrow and Co. 
* Benze, James G., Jr. (2005). Nancy Reagan: On the White House Stage. United States of America: University Press of Kansas. {{ISBN|0-7006-1401-X}}. 
* Beschloss, Michael (2007). Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America. New York: Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|0-684-85705-7}}. 
* Cannon, Lou (2003). Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power. Public Affairs. {{ISBN|1-58648-030-8}}. 
* Klapthor, Margaret Brown (1999). Official White House China: 1789 to the Present. Harry N. Abrams. {{ISBN|0-8109-3993-2}}. 
* Reagan, Nancy (2002). I Love You, Ronnie: The Letters of Ronald Reagan to Nancy Reagan. United States: Random House. {{ISBN|0-375-76051-2}}. 
* Reagan, Nancy; William Novak (1989). My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan. New York: Random House. {{ISBN|0-394-56368-9}}. 
* Reagan, Nancy (1980). Nancy: The Autobiography of America's First Lady. United States: HarperCollins. {{ISBN|978-0-688-03533-4}}. 
* Reagan, Nancy (1982). To Love a Child. United States: Bobbs-Merrill. {{ISBN|0-672-52711-1}}. 
* Schifando, Peter; J. Jonathan Joseph (2007). Entertaining at the White House with Nancy Reagan. New York: William Morrow. {{ISBN|978-0-06-135012-2}}.

== Externa länkar ==
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* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/nr40.html Vita husets profil]
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/nancy_reagan/index.html Nancy Reagan från ''The New York Times'']
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/870/000022804/ Nancy Reagans profil på NNDB]
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