FLOTUS – Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan Nixon

FLOTUS – Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan Nixon 🖼

A.K.A.: Pat Nixon

D.O.B.: March 16, 1912

P.O.B.: Ely, Nevada

Relationship to POTUS: Wife of Richard M. Nixon

5 facts:

• “Pat” was a nickname her father gave her due to her Irish ancestry and her being born the day before Saint Patrick’s Day ☘️

• She worked her way through college at a wide variety of jobs

• She remains one of the best-educated First Ladies and earned what USC deemed equal to a Master’s Degree in teaching

• “Volunteerism” was her pet project

• Acquired more artworks as First Lady than any other administration before or since

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