Nancy Davis Reagan (July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American film actress and wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States (1981-1989). In 1952, Nancy Reagan married Ronald Reagan, and from 1967 to 1975 Ronald Reagan became governor of California, with Nancy Reagan becoming the first lady of California. With the support and help of Nancy Reagan, in 1980, Ronald Reagan won the presidential election, and in January 1981, Nancy Reagan became the first lady of the United States. Shortly thereafter, the assassination of President Reagan, which shocked the world, took place. Nancy Reagan began to intervene in the full range of her husband's agenda, and during president Reagan's presidency, Nancy Reagan was her husband's most powerful assistant and adviser, and she had a huge influence on him. Even in her lifetime, she was active in the political field and had a lot of appeal in the political world. In 1982, Nancy Reagan launched the "Just Say No" campaign against teenage drug use. In 1988, Nancy Reagan became the first U.S. First Lady invited to address the United Nations General Assembly, in which she spoke about international drug and drug trafficking laws. In 1989, Nancy Reagan founded the Nancy Reagan Foundation to continue educating people about the dangers of drug abuse. In 1994, the "Drug-Free Tomorrow" Nancy Reagan Extracurricular Program was launched, and Nancy Reagan toured the United States to speak against drug and alcoholism. In 2002, Nancy Reagan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and in the same year, she and her husband received the Congressional Gold Medal.
Fashion is another hallmark of Nancy Reagan. In 1989, Nancy Reagan received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In the eyes of many ordinary Americans, Nancy Reagan can be regarded as the spokesperson of the American Dream: from a Hollywood actress to a political center, and finally to the president's wife, she is the best model for realizing the "American Dream".
In April 1984, President Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan, were invited to visit China. During their visit to China, they were received by Deng Xiaoping, and they also visited the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum with great interest, and the president's wife donated 13,000 US dollars and 2 jeeps on behalf of American school-age children to support the giant pandas whose survival was threatened due to the lack of arrows.
In October 1987, Nancy Reagan found a lesion in her left breast during a mammogram, and she was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, underwent mastectomy, and then did not recur and was completely cured. Later, under the influence of Nancy Reagan, more women across the United States underwent mammograms to screen for early breast cancer.
On March 6, 2016, Nancy Reagan died of congestive heart failure at the age of 94. On March 7, U.S. President Barack Obama issued a proclamation ordering the flags of the U.S. flag to pay tribute to half-mast. Nancy Reagan said, "It wasn't until I married my husband that my life really began." "Her husband was the first in her life and she took great care of him until his gunshot wound was fully recovered; he was also inseparable from her breast cancer surgery. Nancy Reagan's 52-year-long love affair with her husband has been hailed as a good story in American politics.
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