A Visit With the First Lady - Pat Nixon Interview

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  • Virginia Sherwood of ABC News sits with First Lady Pat Nixon for an exclusive interview. This special report, "A Visit with the First Lady," aired September 12, 1971.
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Комментарии • 127

  • @rdo1231
    @rdo1231 6 лет назад +78

    She was a great lady - she did America proud

  • @deirdre581
    @deirdre581 4 года назад +34

    She reminds me of my grandmother, who was born around the same time. The mannerisms, the pauses in conversation, how articulate she was. Each generation is different, and I miss this generation 😭

  • @stevenpatrickstone766
    @stevenpatrickstone766 6 лет назад +112

    That same year, 1971, she secretly invited Jackie Onassis and her children for dinner. This is just one example of her kindness and class. Pat Nixon was a great First Lady.

    • @raymondcurry2278
      @raymondcurry2278 4 года назад +7

      Tbe reason for the invitation was for the unveiling of the Kennedy portraits.

    • @pAusten
      @pAusten 3 года назад +1

      Yes I just read that today. Her daughter details it in the biography she wrote about her mother.

    • @emmarose4234
      @emmarose4234 3 года назад

      I read that little Pat Ryan raised a 4-H pig (and won a red ribbon) and little Jacqueline Bouvier raised a 4-H calf. Is this true?

    • @irshgrl500
      @irshgrl500 Год назад

      Oh, I love that.

    • @kevincorcoran6493
      @kevincorcoran6493 Год назад

      That was the first and only time that she ever return to the White House

  • @joshuanavarro160
    @joshuanavarro160 6 лет назад +74

    Pat Nixon, was such a great blessing for our nation. She is wholly the most underrated and most unknown of our modern First Lady’s. Mrs. Nixon had incredible efforts as the First Lady that helped Americans all across the country and efforts that helped the people of the world. Whether it was volunteerism and encouraging people to lend a helping hand or warmly greeting people wherever she went and spreading the message of goodwill, she most definitely left a mark on people’s hearts. She also had tremendous efforts of preservation and decoration in the White House, with the redesign of the Blue Room, and the new furnishings of the Blue, Green, and Red Rooms. Also during her tenure the White House was lit up at night. Mrs. Nixon had efforts that made the people’s home more accessible to those with disabilities and added new features onto the White House tours for them. Before being the First Lady, Pat Nixon was a woman who dealt, lived, and strived through many hardships. As a county America has been so blessed with great leaders throughout our past that new generations can look up to, Pat Nixon is no exception to that rule.

    • @jolenaagapisou3803
      @jolenaagapisou3803 5 лет назад +5

      Joshua Navarro - very well said, I like her too & very underrated First Lady

    • @eduardogavilanes4651
      @eduardogavilanes4651 4 года назад +2

      Better than the hooker at the White House who can’t even speak English

    • @aa697
      @aa697 2 года назад +1

      In my opinion the greatest First Lady of all time. She was never underrated as far as my own opinion is concerned.
      She has tremendous dignity and strength. And she also happened to be very intelligent and beautiful.

  • @lorenzocintorino1079
    @lorenzocintorino1079 5 лет назад +35

    Mrs. Nixon was such a gracious and lovely person. She was the silent strength behind the President during both his triumphs and also during his most troubling days. My family was deeply saddened at the time of her death.

  • @vester7457
    @vester7457 5 месяцев назад +2

    All these years later seeing Pat Nixon. What a beautiful woman she was, both inside and out. So feminine refined and well mannered. I truly miss Presdent Nixon and his wife, Pat.

  • @laurencedauplay5649
    @laurencedauplay5649 3 года назад +11

    Seeing Pat Nixon in this program made me admire her gentleness and her down to earth personality, greatly intelligent!

  • @wc6936
    @wc6936 6 лет назад +36

    What a wonderful, genuine lady.

    • @Enscriptiv
      @Enscriptiv 4 месяца назад

      You sure it's a lady

  • @Yobbie72
    @Yobbie72 6 лет назад +55

    I love Pat. Such a gentle soul, and yet, so strong. Great sense of style and fashion too, which she brought to the role and to the White House.

  • @dwood37
    @dwood37 6 лет назад +40

    Wow! She’s really terrific!!! A great First Lady!!

  • @sandraskalnik2369
    @sandraskalnik2369 3 года назад +11

    Mrs. Nixon was a beautiful and gentile lady. As an unpaid servant to this country, she worked diligently and enjoyed every minute of it. The country has lost that in our First Lady’s . Better late than never, thank you Mrs Nixon for being such a wonderful First Lady. You wore the title proudly and the country was proud to call you First Lady Pat Nixon.

  • @hanklogsdon8390
    @hanklogsdon8390 4 года назад +17

    Pat Nixon had class intelligence beauty and she was a very kind person. Underated First Lady!! Rip Mrs Nixon

  • @davidk7672
    @davidk7672 3 года назад +11

    Pres Nixon was lucky to have her in life and in the afterlife. A true patriot and genuine american icon of the first order

  • @michaelbarlow6610
    @michaelbarlow6610 7 месяцев назад +2

    Pat Nixon was one of the most gracious and dignified First Ladies this nation has ever had and she showed tremendous class and dignity during the Watergate scandal when her husband was under enormous pressure to resign because of that scandal and she never uttered a word of criticism against the TV comedy show "Saturday Night Live" when that show disgustingly mocked Mrs. Nixon by making her out to be an alcoholic during the last weeks of her husband's presidency! Can you imagine the enormous emotional pain that woman experienced when that show made fun of her?! The producers and other personnel of SNL should have been ashamed of themselves and should have been criticised no end for making fun of her the way they did!

  • @joijaxx
    @joijaxx 4 года назад +14

    Wonderful First Lady, i was a kid when Tricia got married and I remember how excited I was. I sent her a paper flower as a gift LOL 🌸

  • @lorettazwarts4847
    @lorettazwarts4847 Год назад +6

    Pat Nixon, my favorite First Lady. Attractive, poised and highly educated. Her favorite saying: Onward and Upward! Always a fighter and survivor, no matter what hardships she had to endure.

  • @WELCOME_CHANNEL339
    @WELCOME_CHANNEL339 Год назад +7

    Behind every strong man, there is an even stronger woman. President Nixon was a lucky man and he knew it.

  • @bruceperez2283
    @bruceperez2283 3 года назад +11

    She is a strong woman and great first lady and great wife to Pres. Nixon.
    Now I understand why Pres Nixon cried openly and profusely during his wife
    funeral. He really felt her absence.

  • @irshgrl500
    @irshgrl500 Год назад +4

    I'm too young to remember Pat. But what a delightful lady she was. What a gift this country had with her as First Lady.

  • @AMWey-tw8hc
    @AMWey-tw8hc 6 лет назад +29

    God Bless President and Mrs. Nixon!

  • @josephcalzada2265
    @josephcalzada2265 4 года назад +11

    One of the BEST by far. Had every aspect of being First Lady down to a science. This should be shown to all would be First Ladies. CLASS ACT

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 3 года назад +8

    The Monet painting is gorgeous

  • @armani11280
    @armani11280 6 лет назад +42

    Thank you for posting. There are so few in depth interviews with Mrs. Nixon. Her warmth and charm really come through!

  • @jonchaney
    @jonchaney 5 лет назад +43

    Pat was really beautiful!! I like her. She seems poised and down to earth. I’m a new fan of pat Nixon.

    • @jarrodbair2319
      @jarrodbair2319 4 года назад +7

      jon122569 if you need further evidence of how important she was watch watch how badly Richard falls apart at her funeral. They were a rare demonstration of an honorable and moral family.

    • @jv-ep2tc
      @jv-ep2tc 3 года назад +1

      she was about 60 here and looks quite youthful for the time.

  • @johnflynn9619
    @johnflynn9619 3 года назад +7

    Pat Nixon was the Greatest First Lady.
    CLASS - RIP

  • @piusx8317
    @piusx8317 5 лет назад +26

    She and Laura Bush very under estimated as first ladies. Both great!

    • @ld1655
      @ld1655 3 года назад

      I like them both. Was always a fan of Laura Bush. I watched this to learn more about Mrs. Nixon. Great interview. There is also one on Betty Ford that is very good, done in 2006. Mrs. Trump would do well to review them all as they are her FLOTUS Republican predecessors.

    • @Enscriptiv
      @Enscriptiv 4 месяца назад

      He*, they're both men.

  • @normalawson4893
    @normalawson4893 6 лет назад +23

    A wonderful lady.

  • @bretwebster6266
    @bretwebster6266 2 года назад +5

    Personally responding to all the people that have taken time to write to her. What a monumental accomplishment, and I am sure she wrote with a great deal of love and passion for the people of the United States.

  • @tomtriffid
    @tomtriffid 5 лет назад +19

    I have to say, this was a simply wonderful production; it made me feel a great deal of nostalgia for the presence of President and Mrs. Nixon in the public life of America. They brought a good deal of grace to our world. Thanks to the Foundation for posting this.

  • @mclogan4010
    @mclogan4010 6 лет назад +32

    This is great; thank you for posting. Mrs. Nixon did not receive the credit she was due for the massive refurbishment of the White House collection in the early 1970s. I would encourage anyone who is interested to read Patrick Phillips-Schrock's book, 'The Nixon White House Redecoration and Acquisition Program: An Illustrated History.' Mrs. Nixon was a tireless worker. I enjoy seeing her get some of the recognition she deserves. FWIW, I'm a liberal Democrat. Pat Nixon was a great American that all political stripes can admire.

    • @ericnelson9100
      @ericnelson9100 3 года назад +3

      Mrs. Nixon herself was a liberal too; she was for abortion, woman's rights and peace.

  • @sarahkofman1921
    @sarahkofman1921 6 лет назад +18

    We grew up hating nixon. God if only we had him now. How lovely is pat Nixon

    • @garryharriman7349
      @garryharriman7349 5 лет назад +3

      Recent modern presidencies and their illegality make Watergate look like a school boy prank,. doesn't it? Gulf of Tonkin, Iran Contra, Iraq to name but a few. I also think there is far more CIA involvement in Watergate than we, the public, currently are privy to.

    • @aliyarahman85
      @aliyarahman85 4 года назад +2

      He was a man of value.

    • @LynnAgain83
      @LynnAgain83 Год назад +1

      @@garryharriman7349 Look at us now!! We're a laughing stock 😮‍💨

  • @frederickcombs8661
    @frederickcombs8661 3 года назад +6

    A total pro and she always looked great on camera.

  • @perrycomeau2627
    @perrycomeau2627 5 лет назад +9

    A very kind and out-spoken woman.

  • @sharonjones1320
    @sharonjones1320 3 года назад +5

    She truly was the unsinkable Pat Nixon.

  • @1212matt
    @1212matt 3 года назад +4

    History will be kind to Pat Nixon

  • @normalawson4893
    @normalawson4893 6 лет назад +19

    Pat Nixon was fine first lady

  • @erungannixon4031
    @erungannixon4031 5 лет назад +11

    Great Lady 👍👍👍....

  • @MLaker221
    @MLaker221 Год назад +3

    I've been researching her 1970 trip to Grundy County Illinois. Because she took the EJ&E out to Goose Lake prarie, her visit blended in with my newspaper clippings for our towns Caboose tour. This is the first time I'm hearing her talk

  • @SueProv
    @SueProv 2 года назад +2

    I'm very impressed with her. She had alot to deal with. Nixon had a great asset in his wife.

  • @joijaxx
    @joijaxx 4 года назад +4

    Wonderful First Lady, i was a kid when Tricia got married and I remember how excited I was. I sent her a paper flower LOL 🌸

  • @Chauncey-Holt
    @Chauncey-Holt 3 года назад +7

    0:18 This is the single most important piece of advice for any man regardless of who you are. Yes, your life is 100% your responsibility, but if you choose the wrong woman it can destroy you. Yes, I speak from experience.

  • @BrianJosephMorgan
    @BrianJosephMorgan 3 года назад +5

    Most assuredly my favorite First Lady.

  • @robz7789
    @robz7789 4 года назад +7

    Silent Pat, lovely program.

  • @tomwatson1434
    @tomwatson1434 4 года назад +5

    Mrs Nixon made a great impact upon the USA and the world.

  • @Twotontessie
    @Twotontessie 2 года назад +2

    She was awesome. Nixon was fortunate to have her stick with it the whole way. I like when she relaxes and kind of goes into that California "accent." Hard R sound etc. "howrever"

  • @fiqrialtariq4067
    @fiqrialtariq4067 Год назад +2

    Pat nixon beuatiful

  • @davidoliversplayvisions3371
    @davidoliversplayvisions3371 Год назад +3

    Class act all the way. Wonderful interview.

  • @sarahkofman1921
    @sarahkofman1921 6 лет назад +6

    We're such good friends with Mexico. Thank you pat Nixon. RIP

  • @nickshannon7309
    @nickshannon7309 4 года назад +8

    I'm not a fan of president Nixon but he was a interesting president and his wife was a wonderful lady and probably brought out the good in president Nixon history says he depended on her and she was his rock in alot of cases

  • @user-mj8nf2vp7q
    @user-mj8nf2vp7q 3 года назад +4

    ...Mrs. Nixon was a pretty lady, very elegant and poised.

  • @randolphgarcia3494
    @randolphgarcia3494 3 года назад +3

    NOTE: (RIP) MRS. PAT NIXON, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY IS FOREVER, YOUR LATE HUSBAND WILL ALWAYS BE CONTROVERSIAL, LESS SO AS TIME PASSES, BUT YOU WERE TRULY A LOVELY GRACEFUL & CLASSY FIRST LADY. SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1993 & HER LATE HUSBAND FORMER PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON PASSED AWAY ONE YEAR LATER DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM A STROKE IN FY 1994.

  • @ralphewell8398
    @ralphewell8398 4 года назад +9

    I love Melania, but Pat Nixon will always be my favorite First Lady. She was so peaceful and giving and beautiful.

  • @tinalaplaca6638
    @tinalaplaca6638 3 года назад +2

    She seems like a lot of fun. She is very poised

  • @dannyburch2122
    @dannyburch2122 5 лет назад +7

    Nice lady

  • @garryharriman7349
    @garryharriman7349 5 лет назад +12

    Pat Nixon had a lot on her plate being married to Richard Nixon. She sacrficed a lot and would probably have preferred him to bow out of politics after Kennedy stole the 1960 election. She reminds me of my recently deceased mother in law actually. Thanks for this amazing upload.

  • @timothystenger946
    @timothystenger946 8 месяцев назад +2

    A brilliant and effective President of a caliber that no longer exists in the American presidency and a first lady of quality and elegance also sorely missing.. the contrast to today is more than tragic its nauseating

  • @kevi5641
    @kevi5641 8 месяцев назад

    Pat Nixon a great lady I know President Nixon truly loved Pat very much with good reason. In ways my heart always went out to Pat because I felt Pat was a private person and didn`t like the eyes of the media always on her. A very great wife, mother and first lady.

  • @linniem5982
    @linniem5982 3 года назад +4

    Pat got a fresh pack of Viceroys per day. My neighbor was her valet at The Roosevelt.

  • @user-fm5nf6um7u
    @user-fm5nf6um7u 6 месяцев назад

    Still my favorite. She really was a servant to mankind.

  • @bongbong7962
    @bongbong7962 Месяц назад

    Remembering First Lady Pat Nixon (1912 - 1994) on her 31st anniversary of her passing.

  • @joyknutson6468
    @joyknutson6468 3 года назад +1

    She knew the meaning of her wedding vows for better or for worse Nixon was the best and the brightest and so was Mrs Nixon

  • @ashleyworden1887
    @ashleyworden1887 4 года назад +9

    Pat Nixon was so absolutely beautiful! I'm not trying to be dirty; it's just that she was such a wonderful person!😛

  • @edoardopesce9226
    @edoardopesce9226 2 месяца назад

    How appropriate, the "First Lady of the U.S.". Her smile has not been equaled. And look at her at the Mexican border...you can recognize real kindness

  • @sharonjones1320
    @sharonjones1320 3 года назад +5

    I was concerned that the water gate stupid stuff may have caused her to have the stroke that eventually caused her loss of life.

    • @louanne801
      @louanne801 Год назад +3

      That kind of stress can raise already high blood pressure, leading to a stroke.

  • @briggsak05
    @briggsak05 7 месяцев назад

    An amazing positive

  • @hussienalsafi1149
    @hussienalsafi1149 3 года назад +1

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @sebastian19739
    @sebastian19739 2 года назад +3

    Pat seemed like she could make a good scotch drink.

  • @robertdoust7547
    @robertdoust7547 2 года назад

    Hi Just Tops Again , Cheers ROBERT.

  • @chuckecheese3161
    @chuckecheese3161 2 года назад +1

    My grandfather was upset over this Impeachment.
    I recall he also said at the Time water would cost more in my lifetime and I inquired about genetically modified food I was in Fourth grade at the time.
    Amazing you can choose paint now custom blended decorating is personal style. My favorite place would be 🌹 🥰 garden/Dolly

  • @2abbaking
    @2abbaking 2 года назад +5

    Genuine warm woman. Unfortunately she was a heavy smoker much of her life and died much too early from lung cancer.

    • @jackchen7003
      @jackchen7003 11 месяцев назад

      I wouldn’t say much too early. She was 81 years old, but could’ve lived longer hadn’t been for her smoking habit

    • @user-en1sc3gt6w
      @user-en1sc3gt6w 6 месяцев назад

      She was a closet smoker as was Jackie Kennedy Onassis. You NEVER seen them with a cigarette

  • @chattisimo1239
    @chattisimo1239 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful!!! Tell Donald Trump that Pat Nixon doesn't think there should be a border with Mexico as they and USA are such good friends. Julie Nixon wrote about this in her bio about her mother. Pat Nixon was fantastic as first lady.

  • @harrysmith747
    @harrysmith747 6 лет назад +8

    Interesting for all her pristine look, she has a husky smokers voice

    • @CanadianMonarchist
      @CanadianMonarchist 4 года назад +3

      Apparently she was quite a heavy smoker.

    • @user-en1sc3gt6w
      @user-en1sc3gt6w 6 месяцев назад

      She was a closet smoker as was Jackie Kennedy Onassis. You NEVER seen them with a cigarette

  • @65wiseman
    @65wiseman 5 лет назад +4

    Her voice reminds me of Vivien Leigh's

  • @robertdoust7547
    @robertdoust7547 2 года назад

    Hi Just Tops ,!!! Ok, Cheers ROBERT.

  • @camillechang7120
    @camillechang7120 2 месяца назад

    Before my time

  • @tomtriffid
    @tomtriffid 5 лет назад +12

    29:19 She opposes the small fence between California and Mexico; her distress at it suggests she wouldn't like Trump's fence, either.

    • @sodality3970
      @sodality3970 2 года назад +1

      You mean , America's border wall , which is according to law .

  • @thomaspick4123
    @thomaspick4123 6 лет назад +10

    Pleasant to see a civil interview. Polite questions. Let the interviewee relax so they can express themselves and we can learn more about them. In 2018, the reporters are so nasty. The guest has to be on the defensive. We do not get to know the guest. I will be glad to leave this cruel world behind and be with my only Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

    • @douglaz74
      @douglaz74 5 лет назад +1

      Thomas Pick Barbara Walters is the worst news person. She is pushy mean hypocritical

  • @siddebgupta9620
    @siddebgupta9620 2 года назад

    Heck no Michael Oooooobama

  • @JoanneLG1960
    @JoanneLG1960 5 лет назад +10

    She deserves a medal for sticking with a volatile and abusive husband for the same of his career

    • @user-mj8nf2vp7q
      @user-mj8nf2vp7q 3 года назад +1

      ...This is true. 👍🏽💯

    • @sodality3970
      @sodality3970 2 года назад +2

      @@user-mj8nf2vp7q BS

    • @user-mj8nf2vp7q
      @user-mj8nf2vp7q 2 года назад +1

      @@sodality3970 ...Back under your bridge troll, you have no powers here!

    • @JeffSkilling69
      @JeffSkilling69 3 месяца назад

      Sy Hersh and his bs

  • @mariaevans5793
    @mariaevans5793 Год назад +2

    A true lady ,who ensured at lot at the hands of her husband who I have read ,blacked her eyes and hit her many times when he was in a rage , Nixon wasn't gentleman to treat her or any woman like that !!!!!😑🇬🇧

  • @michaelbellingham719
    @michaelbellingham719 Год назад +2

    poor pat.. imagine being married to that.. let alone being intimate.. where's my puuuuukkkkee bucket.. omg!

    • @JeffSkilling69
      @JeffSkilling69 3 месяца назад

      I'd say the same about someone with you.

    • @Charles8777-od4kj
      @Charles8777-od4kj Месяц назад +1

      Richard Nixon died 10 months after her through.
      Well, that is an example of widowhood effect.

  • @65wiseman
    @65wiseman 6 лет назад +7

    I have heard that her husband treated her with cold indifference.

    • @jarrodbair2319
      @jarrodbair2319 4 года назад +1

      65wiseman the actions don’t fit the words.

  • @hollywoodev1711
    @hollywoodev1711 Месяц назад

    this is a man

  • @chrisamon80
    @chrisamon80 2 года назад

    Uh, we're in serious trouble.

  • @WoodJack99
    @WoodJack99 3 года назад +1

    Her husband was a crook, but Mrs. Nixon doesn't seem too bad...

  • @seancampbell9740
    @seancampbell9740 Год назад

    Trumps could learn something off this lady. Although they wouldn't have the education to understand that

  • @LibertyStation92106
    @LibertyStation92106 2 года назад +1

    She put up with a lot from her husband. He became physical with at least 2x.

  • @joijaxx
    @joijaxx 4 года назад +9

    Wonderful First Lady, i was a kid when Tricia got married and I remember how excited I was. I sent her a paper flower as a gift LOL 🌸