What is Pat Nixon?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Pat Nixon | image = PatNixon.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 1972 | office = [[First Lady of the United States]] | president = [[Richard Nixon]] | term_start = January 20, 1969 | term_end = August 9, 1974 | term_label = In role | predecessor = [[Lady Bird Johnson]] | successor = [[Betty Ford]] | office1 = [[Second Ladies and Gentlemen of the United States|Second Lady of the United States]] | vicepresident1 = Richard Nixon | term_start1 = January 20, 1953 | term_end1 = January 20, 1961 | term_label1 = In role | predecessor1 = [[Jane Hadley Barkley|Jane Barkley]] | successor1 = [[Lady Bird Johnson]] | birth_name = Thelma Catherine Ryan | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|3|16}} | birth_place = [[Ely, Nevada]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1993|6|22|1912|3|16}} | death_place = [[Park Ridge, New Jersey]], U.S. | restingplace = [[Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Richard Nixon]]|1940}} | children = {{Hlist|[[Tricia Nixon Cox|Tricia]]|[[Julie Nixon Eisenhower|Julie]]}} | education = [[Fullerton College]]<br>{{nowrap|[[University of Southern California]]}} ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) | signature = PatNixon Signature 2.svg | website = }} '''Patricia Ryan Nixon''' (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was an American educator who was the [[First Lady of the United States|first lady of the United States]] from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of the 37th president of the United States, [[Richard Nixon]]. Before becoming first lady, she was the [[Second Ladies and Gentlemen of the United States|second lady of the United States]] 1953 to 1961 when her husband was vice president. == Biography == === Early life an