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She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana , and graduated from Vassar College in 1949 . In 1950, she married Tobin Armstrong and moved to Kenedy County, Texas . From 1966 to 1968, she was the Vice Chairman of the Texas Republican Party . From 1971 to 1973, she was Co-chairman of the Republican National Committee and was the keynote speaker at the 1972 Republican National Convention . (She was the first woman from either major party to Keynote at a national convention.) From 1976 to 1977, she was also the first woman United States Ambassador To The United Kingdom . In 1987, she was given the Presidential Medal Of Freedom by Ronald Reagan . At the 1976 Republican National Convention , there was a draft effort to put Anne Armstrong on the ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate with incumbent President Gerald Rudolph Ford . In addition to her public life, she has also served on the boards of many important United States corporations including American Express , Boise Cascade , Halliburton , and General Motors . Her daughter, Katharine Armstrong , is a Bush Pioneer and was a figure in the Dick Cheney Hunting Incident of February 2006. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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