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  Rosalynn Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carter is the mother of four children: John William (1947-), James Earl III "Chip" (1950-), Jeffrey Donnel (1952-), and Amy Lynn (1967-).
Rosalynn Smith Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, the eldest of the four children of Frances Allethea "Allie" Murray Smith (1904–1997) and Edgar Smith (1896-1940).
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 in 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, Mrs.
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 Learn more about Jimmy Carter in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Carter was born in the town of Plains, Georgia, the first president born in a hospital.
Carter served as governor of the state of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 but failed in his re-election bid, having alienated both the voters and the state legislature through what has been described as an imperial style of governing.
Carter's administration is best remembered for the peace treaty he brokered between the states of Israel and Egypt with the Camp David Accord, the SALT II treaty brokered with the Soviet Union, the Panama Canal treaty which turned the canal over to Panama, and an energy crisis.
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 Biography of Rosalynn Carter
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born August 18, 1927 in Plains, Georgia, the daughter of Allie Murray Smith and Edgar Smith.
Carter emerged as a driving force for mental health when, during the Carter administration, she became active honorary chair of the President's Commission on Mental Health, which resulted in passage of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980.
Carter is president of the board of directors for the Rosalynn Carter Institute of Georgia Southwestern State University (RCI), which was established in her honor on the campus of her alma mater in Americus, Georgia.
www.jimmycarterlibrary.org /documents/rsc/rscbio_p.phtml   (791 words)

  
 Rosalynn Carter Receives Honorary Doctoral Degree in Humanities from Georgia Southwestern State University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Carter not only is an alumna of Georgia Southwestern, she continues to serve the university by her direct leadership and involvement with the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Caregiving on our campus, he explained.
Rosalynn Eleanor Smith Carter was born in 1927 in Plains, Ga. Since 1962, when her husband Jimmy Carter was first elected a state senator of Georgia, she has been active in political life.
Carter is President of the Board of Directors of The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving.
rci.gsw.edu /dr_carter.htm   (467 words)

  
 First Ladies' Biographical Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Rosalynn Carter was a political activist First Lady who publicly disclosed the fact that the President consulted her and sought her advice on his domestic and foreign affairs decisions, speeches and appointments.
Rosalynn Carter was the first First Lady to maintain her office in the East Wing, the traditional office space reserved for the social, correspondence, scheduling and projects staff of the presidential spouse.
Jimmy Carter in 1982 , where she served as vice chair of the board of trustees until May 2005; she is a leading opponent of the death penalty and advocate for mental health issues, early childhood immunization, human rights, and conflict resolution.
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 Rosalynn Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Rosalynn Smith Carter was born in Plains Georgia the daughter of Allie Murray and Smith.
Rosalynn also as a volunteer at the Georgia Regional in Atlanta Georgia and for five years was honorary for the Georgia Special Olympics for Retarded Children.
Carter has the Presidential Citation from the American Psychological the Distinguished Service Award for Leadership Christian Ethics from the Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and in August 1983 she was elected to the board directors of the Gannett Company Inc. In 1984 Mrs.
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 Rosalynn Smith Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Rosalynn Smith Carter (1927-...) is the wife of Jimmy Carter, who served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
Rosalynn Carter often advised her husband on government matters, and he referred to her as his partner.
Rosalynn Carter was a tireless campaigner for her husband during his successful presidential bid in 1976.
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 American President
Rosalynn's concern for humanity would extend beyond the United States, and she used her visibility with the media to focus attention on the horrific conditions in refugee camps on the border between Thailand and Cambodia.
Rosalynn's easy access to the President, her role as presidential emissary -- despite her lack of credentials -- and her own politicized interests no doubt conveyed an image of the First Lady as a political figure, more at home as an adviser in the West Wing than as a hostess in the White House ballroom.
Rosalynn Carter was as much a symbol for her husband's administration as was the President himself.
www.americanpresident.org /history/jimmycarter/firstlady   (1077 words)

  
 Rosalynn Carter - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Rosalynn Smith Carter was born in Plains,_Georgia, the daughter of Allie Murray and Edgar Smith.
During the months she was campaigning across the country, Rosalynn was elected to the board of directors of the National_Association_of_Mental_Health; she was honored by the National Organization for Women with an Award of Merit for her vigorous support for the Equal Rights Amendment; and she received the volunteer of the Year Award from the Southwestern_Association_of_Volunteer_Services.
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.
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 Rosalynn Smith Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Rosalynn Smith Carter, wife of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, has worked for more than three decades to improve the quality of life for people around the world.
Today, she is an advocate for caregiving, mental health, early childhood immunization, human rights, and conflict resolution through her work at The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving and The Carter Center.
Carter is president of the board of directors for the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) at Georgia Southwestern State University, which was established in her honor on the campus of her alma mater in Americus, Georgia.
rci.gsw.edu /bio_Rcarter.htm   (326 words)

  
 American Experience | Jimmy Carter | People & Events
When Rosalynn's father fell seriously ill, Jimmy's mother Lillian was often in the house nursing him, and she spent many nights at the Carter house in Archery.
Beginning with this first campaign in 1962, Rosalynn Carter was as instrumental in her husband's political career as she had been in building the business and raising their family.
Carter lost to Ronald Reagan in 1980, after a campaign in which Rosalynn and Vice President Walter Mondale had carried much of the burden for the beleaguered president.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/carter/peopleevents/p_rcarter.html   (1583 words)

  
 First Ladies: Rosalynn Smith Carter
The Smith family had been close to the Carters for years and she was good friends with Jimmy's sister, Ruth.
Rosalynn always claimed that she had had a crush on Ruth's brother for years but never seemed to be able to get him to notice her.
As a key player in the hard-fought campaign, Rosalynn was eager to play an important role in her husband's administration.
www.multied.com /Bio/ladies/carter.html   (500 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Rosalynn Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Amy Lynn Carter (born October 19, 1967 in Plains, Georgia) is the youngest child of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.
Rosalynn Smith Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, the eldest of the four children of Frances Allethea "Allie" Murray (1904–1997) and Edgar Smith.
The Carter Center is a human rights organization, founded in 1982 and chaired by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rosalynn-Carter   (938 words)

  
 Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Born in Plains on August 18, 1927, Rosalynn was the first of four children in the family of Allethea Murray Smith and Wilburn Edgar Smith.
Rosalynn, an important member of his campaign team, helped develop support for her husband's successful bid for the governorship of Georgia in 1970.
Carter managed routine duties and special projects in her office in the East Wing.
www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/ladies/bio/39rcs.html   (383 words)

  
 The Weekly Online!
Beginning July 23rd, visitors to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum will have the opportunity to experience Eleanor Rosalynn Smith's journey from her family's farm in Plains, Georgia to First Lady of the United States.
Her father died when she was young, so Rosalynn assumed many of the household chores and supervision of the younger children while her mother as at work.
Carter's disappointment at returning to the small town of Plains after seven years traveling as a Navy wife.
www.theweekly.com /news/2005/July/05/Rosalynn_Carter.html   (383 words)

  
 Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut - Person Page 31
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born on 18 August 1927 at Plains, Sumter Co., GA. She was the daughter of Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea Murray.
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith married James Earl Carter President, son of James Earl Carter Senior and Bessie Lillian Gordy, on 7 July 1946 at Plains Methodist, Plains, Sumpter Co., GA.
Wilburn Edgar Smith was born on 20 November 1896 at Plains, Sumter Co., GA. He was the son of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell.
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 Jimmy Carter - The History Beat - SearchBeat.com
Carter was born in the town of Plains, Georgia.
Carter served as governor of the state of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.
The Carter Center - A nonprofit public policy center founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to fight disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression around the world.
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 Carter, Rosalynn Smith --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, sometimes pointed out that his wife's first name was Eleanor (though she was called by her middle name, Rosalynn) and that she had been as valuable a working partner to him as Eleanor Roosevelt had been to her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In November 1976 Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th president of the United States.
In 1980, the Democratic Party was a house that was divided among the Kennedy and Carter camps.
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Carter called for human rights around the world; it was the cornerstone of his administration's foreign policy.
On April 24, 1980, Carter sent a military force to rescue the hostages, but three helicopters manfunctioned and the raid was aborted.
Criticism: "The Carter administration has managed the extraordinary feat of having, at one and the same time, the worst relations with our allies, the worst relations with our adversaries, and the most serious upheavals in the developing world since the end of the Second World War." -- former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, 1980.
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 jimmy carter wife Information and Resources - God Has A Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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 jimmy carter children Information and Resources - God Has A Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Carter, who is married with four children, has spent the past two...
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 National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1976-1980, significantly raised public awareness of mental health issues by serving as honorary chair of the Presidential Commission on Mental Health.
Carter has demonstrated a life-long dedication to the concerns of women and children, the poor and the mentally ill: contributing her active presence
With Jimmy carter, her husband: Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of your Life.
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 Rosalynn Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Organization founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to fight disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression around the world.
A policy organization founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to fight disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression around the world.
A nonprofit public policy center founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to fight disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression around the world.
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 IPL POTUS -- James Earl Carter, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
From a PBS broadcast of the same name, this essay excerpt by Hendrik Hertzberg discusses some of the issues and events that molded Carter.
An brief examination of the Carter presidency's highlights and lowlights.
Carter, as well as news, programs, and tour information are available.
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 Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter Definition / Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter Definition / Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter Research
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 Edgar Smith
On July 7, 1946, she married Jimmy Carter, who was President from 1977 to 1981.Rosalynn Smith Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, the daughter of Allie Murray and Edgar Smith.Since 1962, the year Jimmy Carter was elected state senator of Georgia, Rosalynn has been active the political arena.
Rosalynn also served as a volunteer at the Georgia Regional Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia and for five years was honorary chairperson for the Georgia Special Olympics for Retarded Children.In January 1975, when her husbands gubernatorial term was over, Mr.
That same month, she was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and is also board member emeritus of the National Mental Health Association.She is currently a global human rights activist and co-chair of the Carter Center.
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