Anne Armstrong

Anne Legendre Armstrong (December 27, 1927, in New Orleans, Louisiana; July 30, 2008, in Houston, Texas) was an American diplomat and politician of the Republican Party. Armstrong was the first female Counselor to the President, serving in this role under the Ford and Nixon administrations. She is also a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to her by Ronald Reagan. She graduated from Vassar College in 1949. In 1950, she married Tobin Armstrong and moved to Kenedy County, Texas. From 1966 to 1968, she served as the vice chair of the Republican Party in Texas. From 1971 to 1973, she was co-chair of the Republican National Committee and was the keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach in 1972.