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Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
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Birthdate
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08/18/1927
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Death date
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11/19/2023
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President
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Jimmy Carter
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Dates of service
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01/20/1977-01/20/1981
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Relationship to president
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Spouse
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Other marriages
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N/A
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Websites
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Jimmy Carter Presidential Libraray and Museum: Rosalynn Carter Biography
The White House: Rosalynn Smith Carter
First Ladies National Library Biography of Rosalynn Carter
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Papers/letters collections
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Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum Archival Collections
Rosalynn Carter on the Mental Health Crisis
Book: First Lady from Plains
Book: Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
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Historical sites
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Rosalynn Carter Childhood Home
Historic Plains, Georgia
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Fascinating details
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- Rosalynn played an integral part in Jimmy Carter’s campaign, travelling separately from her husband for various speaking engagements.
- First ‘first lady’ to establish an office in the East Wing of the White House.
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In 1977, Rosalynn broke precedent when she embarked on a policy-oriented U.S. delegation to seven Latin American and Caribbean countries, reporting to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee upon her return.
- She displayed ample support for the Equal Rights Amendment, following her predecessor, Betty Ford’s, footsteps in lobbying state legislators for their votes.
- She also proudly lists her husband’s appointment of three women to cabinet secretary positions and 41 women as federal judges.
- Named a honorary chairperson of the Last Acts Campaign a campaign dedicated to improving end-of-life care. She was also an early advocate of hospice and palliative care.
- Best known as an advocate of mental health issues.
- Co-founder of the Carter Center and the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999.
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