Rosalynn Carter
First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
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Rosalynn Carter served as First Lady of the United States while her husband Jimmy Carter was president from 1977 to 1981. She is remembered for her active role during this period and her continued work on humanitarian and mental health advocacy after leaving the White House.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 18 August 1927
- Died
- 2023-11-19
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Everything to Gain
- Helping someone with mental illness
- Triumph over fear
- Everything to Gain
- Within our reach
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Film & TV
Acting · Plains, Georgia, USA
Former First Lady of the United States and wife of former President Jimmy Carter, who served from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981.
Known for
- Jimmy Carter: A Full Life — Self (archival footage)2024
- Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President — Self2020
- In Their Own Words — Self2015
- The Presidents' Gatekeepers — Self (archive footage)2013
- Reagan — Self (archive footage)2011
- All the Presidents' Wives — Self2008
- Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains — Self
Article
Eleanor Rosalynn Carter (/ˈroʊzəlɪn/ ROH-zə-lin; née Smith; August 18, 1927 – November 19, 2023) was an American activist and humanitarian who served as the first lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981, as the wife of President Jimmy Carter, from their marriage from 1946 until her death in 2023. Throughout her decades of public service, she was a leading advocate for women's rights and mental health.
Carter was born and raised in Plains, Georgia, graduated as valedictorian of Plains High School, and soon after attended Georgia Southwestern College, where she graduated in 1946. She first became attracted to her future husband, also from Plains, after seeing a picture of him in his U.S. Naval Academy uniform, and they married in 1946. Carter helped her husband win the governorship of Georgia in 1970, and decided to focus her attention in the field of mental health when she was that state's first lady. She campaigned for him during his successful bid to become president of the United States in the 1976 election, defeating incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford.