Sara Jane Moore ( née Kahn ; born February 15 , 1930 ) is an American who attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in 1975 . She was given a life sentence for the attempted assassination and was released from prison on December 31 , 2007 , after serving 32 years . Moore and Lynette " Squeaky " Fromme are the only two women to have attempted to assassinate an American president ; both of their attempts were on Gerald Ford and both took place in California within three weeks of one another
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Gerald Ford assassination attempt in San Francisco
Sara Jane Moore