Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon (March 16, 1912 - June 22, 1993) was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the spouse of President Richard Nixon. Pat Nixon did significantly to insert material to the position of the vice president's spouse, insisting on browsing educational facilities, orphanages, hospitals, and village markets as she undertook numerous missions of goodwill across the planet.