Rosalynn Smith Carter biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Rosalynn Smith Carter

Author Name:

Rosalynn Smith Carter

Born As:

Eleanor Rosalynn Smith

Other Names:

Born:

18 Aug 1927

Died:





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First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981                          
Selected Works:

First Lady from Plains - autobiography, 1984

Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life - with Jimmy Carter

Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers - with Susan K. Golant, 1994

Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers - with Susan K. Golant, 1998.                          
Mother Frances Allethea Murray
Father Edgar Smith, four children, two brothers, William and Murray, both deceased and a sister, Lillian.

The first syllable of Rosalynn is pronounced to rhyme with "rose."

Husband Jimmy Carter married in 1945, four children, John, James, Donnel and Amy.                          
National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls - New York - 2002
Presidential Medal of Freedom - 1999
Dorothea Dix Award - Mental Illness Foundation - 1988
Georgia Woman of the Year Award - 1996
Jefferson Award - American Institute for Public Service - 1996
United Nations Children's Fund International Child Survival Award - 1999
Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health - Institute of Medicine - 2000
United States Surgeon General's Medallion - 2000

Served as distinguished centennial lecturer at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, from 1988 to 1992

Distinguished Fellow at the Emory University Department of Women's Studies in Atlanta since 1990.