Sara Jane Moore (née
Kahn; born February 15, 1930) is an American citizen best known for attempting 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 hold the distinction of being the only two women who have ever attempted to assassinate an American president, both of their attempts being on Gerald Ford and both taking place in California within three weeks of one another.