Everything about Rosalynn Carter totally explained
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter (born
August 18,
1927) is the wife of former
United States President Jimmy Carter and was
First Lady of the United States from
1977 to
1981.
Early life
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in
Plains, Georgia, the eldest of the four children of Frances Allethea Murray (
1905–
2000), a
dressmaker, and Wilburn Edgar Smith (
1896–
1940), an
automobile mechanic and
farmer. Her brothers were Murray Lee Smith (minister,
1929–
2003) and William Jerrold Smith (engineer,
1932–
2003) and her sister is Lillian Allethea Smith Wall (
1936). The first syllable of Rosalynn is pronounced to rhyme with "rose."
Her father died of
leukemia when she was thirteen, and she helped her mother raise her younger siblings as well as assist her dressmaking in order to meet the family's financial needs. She graduated as
valedictorian of Plains High School and then attended
Georgia Southwestern College.
Marriage and family
Although their families had known each other as friends and neighbors when they were children, Wellstone and Carter are working to pass the "Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act" which would require equal coverage of mental and physical illnesses when policies include both types of coverage; both testified before a House subcommittee regarding the bill in July 2007.
Awards and honors
Since returning to Plains, Mrs. Carter has received the Presidential Citation from the
American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Service Award for Leadership Christian Social Ethics from the Christian Life Commission of the
Southern Baptist Convention and in August of 1983, she was elected to the board of directors of the
Gannett Company, Inc. In April 1984, Carter became a member of the board of advisors of
Habitat for Humanity, Inc. Her autobiography,
First Lady from Plains, was published in May
1984. Both she and her husband received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999 from President Bill Clinton.
In 2001, Carter was elected to the
National Women's Hall of Fame.
Mrs. Carter is also the godmother of
Royal Caribbean International's
MS Sovereign of the Seas which, at the time of its launch in 1988, was the world's largest
passenger ship.
In popular culture
- Music group The Mars Volta mention Rosalynn Carter in their 2006 album Amputechture with the line "The kiosk in my temporal lobe / Is shaped like Rosalynn Carter / She says my map is home again / But torn face down" on the song Tetragrammaton. Cedric Bixler-Zavala (writer of the lyrics above) has been known to have a further interest in Rosalynn Carter . He has been seen with items, of clothing, supporting themes surrounding Carter, and even a badge picturing her.
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