Hi,
A journalist asked me last week why I paid respect to two First Ladies in the book. Please let me refer to one of the ladies.
Betty Ford was the wife of Gerald Ford, who was US President after Richard Nixon resigned. She was articulate and clever and loved for her honesty. When Betty Ford told the world about her pain of breast cancer and her challenge of dealing with it, the world stopped to applaud, respect and support her. Her use of the words breast and cancer has undoubtedly saved many women’s lives around the world.
Breast cancer was considered a taboo subject and a terrible secret until brave Betty Ford told women it’s ok to cry and seek support. When she spoke about her diagnosis and treatment and the subsequent mastectomy, she offered women in pain a voice.
Years later Betty Ford told the world about her addiction to prescription pills and alcohol. Her husband Gerald quit drinking alcohol to support her, and the world offered her support too. She stepped up her fundraising efforts, and she used her own pain to create the non-profit Betty Ford Center in 1982 with Leonard Firestone. The Center is an Alcohol Addiction and Drug Addiction Treatment hospital located in California. The Center’s aim is to support people who suffer from the pain of addiction and to offer support for their despairing families.
Betty Ford showed the world that honesty and self-deprecation endear any speaker to any audience.
Tomorrow, I will reveal why Bill Clinton did not make it into the book.
On Sunday, I will reveal the most important chapter in the book.
On Monday, I will reveal the Irish man who inspired Obama to become a great speaker.
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Kellcomm, Princes Exchange,Princes Square,Leeds, LS1 4HY, United Kingdom
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