What is Betty Currie?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Betty Currie |image = Betty Currie.jpg |office = [[Secretary to the President of the United States#Personal secretary to the President|Personal Secretary to the President]] |president = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start = January 20, 1993 |term_end = January 20, 2001 |predecessor = [[Patty Presock]] |successor = [[Ashley Estes]] |birth_name = Betty Grace Williams |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|11|10}} |birth_place = [[Edwards, Mississippi]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Bob Currie }} '''Betty Grace Currie''' (née '''Williams'''; born November 10, 1939) is an American government official. She was the personal [[secretary]] for [[Bill Clinton]] when he was [[President of the United States]]. She became an important person in the [[Lewinsky scandal]] because she was accused of handling the gifts given to [[Monica Lewinsky]] by President Clinton. Currie was born in [[Edwards, Mississippi|Edwards]], [[Mississippi]] and moved to [[Waukegan, Illinois|Waukegan]], [[Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Jodie|title=First Secretary|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-06-16-9606160111-story.html|access-date=2021-09-27|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Currie, Betty}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Politicians from Mississippi]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Illinois]] [[Category:People from Waukegan, Illinois]] {{US-bio-stub}}