Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Remembering Nancy Reagan
Nancy Reagan died Sunday at the age of 94. We remember her and look at her ties to California, where her husband, Ronald Reagan, began his political career. For most of her life, she saw to her husband’s political career.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readNancy Reagan died Sunday at the age of 94. We remember her and look at her ties to California, where her husband, Ronald Reagan, began his political career. For most of her life, she saw to her husband’s political career. In her autobiography she wrote, “For eight years I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn’t give you special access, I don’t know what does.” Ronald Reagan began his career here in California. He was governor in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. What was Nancy’s role in his political rise?
