Part 1 of "Biography: Pat Nixon."
First Lady Pat Nixon disliked politics, but supported her husband Richard through the many crises of his turbulent career. She was the perfect political wife who smiled in public and said nothing controversial, but who liked to kick back with a cigarette and highball in private.
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