You knew N.C., Andrew, and Jamie, but have you met Carolyn, Ann, Anna B., and Henriette?

By Daniel Kany

Pat Nixon’s portrait found its place on a White House wall with hardly a whisper. Her long-seasoned humility was on full view outside the Diplomatic Reception

Room across from Betty Ford’s portrait.

We see the former first lady wearing a simple yet dignified light blue dress, sitting in a three-quarter pose. Besides her fashionably period-though-practical coiffure, she is wearing a three-strand pearl necklace. Her posture is relaxed­—possibly a bit fatigued—and her gaze is direct. It’s a listening pose.

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