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 Jimmy Carter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carter continued his predecessors' policies of imposing sanctions on Rhodesia, and, after Bishop Abel Muzorewa was elected Prime Minister, protested that the Marxists Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo were excluded from the elections.
Although the Carter team had successfully negotiated with the hostage takers for release of the hostages, an agreement trusting the hostages takers to abide by their word was not signed until January 19, 1981, after the election of Ronald Reagan.
In 1994 Carter went to North Korea at the behest of President Clinton during a period of rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula that were caused by North Korea's expulsion of investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency and that country's threat to begin processing spent nuclear fuel.
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Rosalynn Carter (b. 1927)
She was born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith on August 18, 1927, in Plains, the daughter of Wilburn Edgar Smith, an auto mechanic and farmer, and Frances Allethea Murray, a dressmaker.
The Carters' three sons were born in different navy ports: John William in 1947, in Portsmouth, Virginia; James Earl III in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1950; and Donnel Jeffrey in 1952, in New London, Connecticut.
Rosalynn Carter accompanied the former president and served as his advisor on high-profile peace negotiations in Bosnia, Sudan, Ethiopia, and North Korea.
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 Encyclopedia: Rosalynn Smith Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 and Edgar Smith.
Rosalynn Smith Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, the daughter of Allie Murray and Edgar Smith.
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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.
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 First Ladies' Biographical Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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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 President Jimmy Carter's Sighting of a UFO (and Rosalynn's of a Ghost)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Carter's report demonstrate that the eyewitness testimony of even a future president of the United States cannot be taken at face value when investigating UFO sightings.
Carter recalled that the man who rented the house before the Carters moved in, Dr. Thad Wise, told her he had often seen a little white dog walk to the porch of the house.
Carter also recalled stories she heard of a tiny, silent, white dog which was said to appear on the front steps.
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 Quad-Cities Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Carter, a 58-year-old investment consultant in Las Vegas, is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. John Ensign in his first bid for elected office.
Carter is the only Democrat in the race so far, although Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has considered running.
Carter was in his late 20s when his father won the presidency in 1976.
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 Rosalynn Smith Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
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 Book Rosalynn Carter for Event, Meeting, Gala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Carter Presidency was a team effort, and Rosalynn brought intelligence, an interest in complex social and political issues, and a wealth of human compassion to the White House.
Rosalynn was born to Allie and Edgar Smith of Plains in 1927.
Rosalynn made such a strong impression on Jimmy that he proclaimed to his mother after that first date, "She's the girl I want to marry." The couple wed in 1946, when both had finished their studies.
www.grabow.biz /Speakers/RosalynnCarter.htm   (598 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.
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 ABILITY Magazine, Rosalynn Carter's Mental Health Program (text only)
Rosalynn Carter campaigned with her husband from his run for the Georgia State Senate to the President of the United States.
Rosalynn’s dedication to the cause is rooted in her personality and life experience.
The annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy series represents a unique opportunity each year for a diverse group of leaders in the field to concentrate on an issue of common concern, identify areas of consensus and recommend action steps to move the mental health agenda forward.
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 Rosalynn Carter
Rosalynn Carter on Helping Someone With Mental Illness,” was sponsored by The Osborne Family; Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Treadway Electric Company, Inc.; Mitchell Williams Selig Gates Woodyard; Combs Equity Management, Inc.; Eli Lilly; Janssen Pharmaceutica; Pfizer, Inc.; Judy and Don Adams; and UAMS Department of Psychiatry.
When former President Carter was sworn in as Georgia’s governor in 1971, she became a member of his Commission to Improve Services for the Mentally and Emotionally Handicapped.
Currently she is chairman of the Carter Center Mental Health Taskforce and is an honorary fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
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 PresidentCarter
Carter was honorably discharged on 9 October 1953 at Headquarters, Third Naval District in New York City.
In addition to promoting peace and human rights through the Carter Center, his continuing interest in foreign affairs is exemplified by his unofficial diplomatic missions to such countries as Ethiopia (1989), Somalia (1993), North Korea, Haiti, and Bosnia (1994), and Sudan and Rwanda (1995); and by his monitoring of elections throughout the world.
Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
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 First Ladies: Rosalynn Smith Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
Soon, Rosalynn was attending political conferences and campaigning for her husband.
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)

  
 Rosalynn Carter --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rosalynn was the oldest of four children (two girls and two boys) born to Wilburn Edgar Smith, a mechanic and farmer, and his wife, Allie Murray Smith.
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.
Carter was moved by the outpouring of admiration and affection for his father from people throughout the state.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9095573   (1863 words)

  
 Carter, Rosalynn - Biography
Carter emerged as a driving force for mental health when, during the Carter administration, she became active honorary chairwoman of the President's Commission on Mental Health, which resulted in passage of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980.
She served on the policy advisory board of The Atlanta Project, a program of The Carter Center addressing the social ills associated with poverty and quality of life citywide, from the program's inception in 1991 until its transfer to Georgia State University in 1999.
Carter is president of the board of directors for the Rosalynn Carter Institute of Georgia Southwestern State University, which was established in her honor on the campus of her alma mater in Americus, Ga. The mission of the Rosalynn Carter Institute is to help family and professional caregivers.
www.webmd.com /content/Biography/7/72096.htm   (481 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Helping Someone with Mental Illness : A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers: Books: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Carter never sugarcoats a hard truth or omits a painful statistic, but somehow her voice--warmly personal but also respectfully reserved--comes through so strongly that it is almost as if she is in the room with the reader.
Carter started her journey many years ago and never tired of it, she is a true believer that if you want to get well you can never stop searching for the answer of which she never did.
Carter's correct in saying that the newer medications on the market have less serious side-effects than the older ones, and some may work wonderfully, but this doesn't hide the fact that prescription drugs can be intolerable.
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 Jimmy Carter - Biography
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery.
President Carter and The Carter Center have engaged in conflict mediation in Ethiopia and Eritrea (1989), North Korea (1994), Liberia (1994), Haiti (1994), Bosnia (1994), Sudan (1995), the Great Lakes region of Africa (1995-96), Sudan and Uganda (1999), and Venezuela (2002-2003).
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes for themselves.
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 Rosalynn Carter - Biography Of The Former First Lady
Former First Lady Rosalynn 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 mental health, early childhood immunization, human rights, and conflict resolution through her work at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga. The center is a private, not-for-profit institution founded by former President and Mrs.
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, Ga.
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 Rosalynn Smith Carter
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.
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 Internet Public Library: POTUS
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.
www.ipl.org /div/potus/jecarter.html   (382 words)

  
 JimmyCarter
Overall, JIMMY CARTER's propulsion system will represent a 75-percent improvement over the I688's making it one of the fastest submarines in the fleet today.
JIMMY CARTER will also be special-warfare-capable as well as Arctic-capable, and will be able to dive to in excess of 800 feet, and will carry, among other weapons, a varying mix of Mark-48 anti-submarine torpedoes, Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles, Tomahawk anti-ship and land-attack missiles, and mines.
JIMMY CARTER's launching was originally scheduled for December 2000.
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 Rosalynn Smith Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rosalynn Smith Carter has long championed the rights of women, children, and the mentally ill. As first lady, she served as honorary chair of the President's Commission on Mental Health.
Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, on August 18, 1927.
Carter's service commitment kept the couple on the move during their first years of marriage.
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 James Earl Carter, Jr.
Carter's mother, Lillian Gordy, was a matriarchal presence in home and community and opposed the then-prevailing code of racial inequality.
Carter married Rosalynn Smith, a neighbor, in 1946.
Carter was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1962.
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 NQCC Activities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The National Quality Caregiving Coalition of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving is completing the first phase in the development of the first-ever “Report Card on Caregiving in America”, which is to be followed by an invitational conference convened by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
Carter has been actively engaged, such as the on-going efforts to secure mental health parity with physical health and the proposed Lifespan Respite Care Act.
Carter’s work to help caregivers of those with mental illnesses and other disabilities across the life span, are invited to become sponsors.
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 USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
USS JIMMY CARTER is the third and final SEAWOLF - class nuclear-powered attack submarine and the first ship in the Navy to honor the 39th president of the United States and the only U.S. president to qualify in submarines.
Differentiating the JIMMY CARTER from all previous undersea vessels is its Multi-Mission Platform (MMP), which includes a 100-foot hull extension to enhance payload capability.
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery.
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 American Experience | Jimmy Carter | People & Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On June 30, 1979, a weary Jimmy Carter was looking forward to a few days' vacation in Hawaii, as Air Force One sped him away from a grueling economic summit in Tokyo.
Two weeks earlier, Carter had successfully concluded the SALT II arms control negotiations with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna, the latest in a series of foreign policy achievements since the dramatic Camp David summit the previous September.
Much of that anger was directed at the White House: Carter's approval rating had dropped to 25%, lower than Richard Nixon's during the Watergate scandal.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/carter/peopleevents/e_malaise.html   (1044 words)

  
 CNN - Carter Center -- Rosalynn Carter Biography - November 30, 1998
Rosalynn Carter tackles attitudes towards mental illness in new book
Now she has written a book on the subject, "Helping Someone with Mental Illness." She says it's important for people to recognize mental illness and realize help is available.
Carter about the warning signs of mental illness in children and treatment options.
www.cnn.com /HEALTH/9811/30/rosalynn.carter   (185 words)

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