Editing Nancy Reagan (section)

== First Lady of California (1967–1975) ==
[[File:Nancy Reagan as First Lady of California.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Reagan as the first lady of California]]
Nancy Reagan was First Lady of California during her husband's two terms as governor. She disliked living in the state capital of [[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; after four months' residence in the [[Governor's Mansion State Historic Park|California Governor's Mansion]] in Sacramento, she moved her family into a wealthy suburb because fire officials had labelled the mansion as a "firetrap".<ref name="nancy-135" /> Though the Reagans had leased the new house at their expense,<ref name="can-gov-233" /> the move was viewed as snobbish when the matter was brought to the attention of the general public. Reagan defended her actions as being for the good of her family, a judgment with which her husband readily agreed.<ref name="can-gov-233" /><ref name="nancy-135">Reagan, Nancy (1989), pp. 135–137.</ref> Friends of the family later helped support the cost of the leased house, while Reagan supervised construction of a new [[ranch-style house|ranch-style]] governor's residence in nearby [[Carmichael, California|Carmichael]].<ref name="nyt111904">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/national/19mansion.html | title=Forget the White House, Schwarzenegger Needs Digs Now | author=Charlie LeDuff | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=November 19, 2004 | access-date=October 19, 2007 | archive-date=April 18, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418013036/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/national/19mansion.html | url-status=live }}</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 sold in 1982, and California governors lived in improvised arrangements until Brown moved into the Governor's Mansion in 2015.<ref name="nyt111904" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/12/17/first-family-moves-into-california-governors-mansion|title=First Family Moves Into California Governor's Mansion|first=Ben|last=Adler|publisher=capradio.org|date=December 17, 2015|access-date=March 12, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221042401/http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/12/17/first-family-moves-into-california-governors-mansion|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1967, Governor Reagan appointed his wife to the [[California Arts Commission]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0DEED8163AEF31A25754C1A9679D946691D6CF&legacy=true | title=Reagan Panel Fills Arts Chief's Post After It Ousted Aide | first=Robert | last=Windeler | newspaper=The New York Times | date=November 17, 1967 | access-date=October 18, 2007 | archive-date=May 10, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510121408/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0DEED8163AEF31A25754C1A9679D946691D6CF&legacy=true | url-status=live }}</ref> and a year later she 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>{{cite news | url=https://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+%281886-Current+File%29&edition=&startpage=F1&desc=TIMES+WOMAN+OF+THE+YEAR | title=A Model First Lady | first=Lynn |last=Lilliston | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=December 13, 1968 | access-date=October 19, 2007 | archive-date=October 14, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014064147/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 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Her glamour, style, and youthfulness,
made her a frequent subject for [[Photojournalism|press photographers]].<ref name="fl-ca">Cook, Lynn and Janet LaDue (2007), pp. 110–111.</ref> As first lady, Reagan visited veterans, the elderly, and the disabled, and worked with a number of charities. She became involved with the [[Foster Grandparents Program]],<ref name="Foster Grandparent's Program" /> helping to popularize it in the United States and Australia.<ref>Anthony, C.S. (2003), p. 135.</ref> She later expanded her work with the organization after arriving in Washington,<ref name="Foster Grandparent's Program">{{cite web |url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/nancy-reagan |title=Nancy Reagan |access-date=February 16, 2014 |publisher=Scholastic |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101347/http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/nancy-reagan |url-status=live }}</ref> and wrote about her experiences in her 1982 book ''To Love a Child''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/bio-nancy-reagan | title=Bio: Nancy Reagan | publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] | first=Samantha|last= Jonas | date=June 5, 2004 | access-date=October 19, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109194657/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,63814,00.html | archive-date=November 9, 2007 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The Reagans held dinners for former [[Prisoner of war|POWs]] and [[Vietnam War]] veterans while governor and first lady.<ref>{{cite book| last = Timberg| first = Robert| title = John McCain: An American Odyssey| year = 1999| publisher = [[Touchstone Books]]| isbn = 978-0-684-86794-6 | title-link = John McCain: An American Odyssey}} pp. 119–121.</ref>