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Rosalynn Carter was First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 while her husband, Jimmy Carter, was President of the United States. She was born near Plains, Georgia, in 1927 and grew up on the family farm, leaving to attend Georgia Southwestern State University. She married Jimmy Carter in 1946. Rosalynn helped her husband in his ...
She married William Arthur Carter, a doctor, on June 5, 1890, and the couple had three children. In 1894 she founded Western Sorosis, a women's club. Margaret became a writer in 1901; [1] contributing articles for newspapers and magazines. [2] Her first novel, The cottonwood's story was published in 1903. [3]
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
Arthur John Carter (27 September 1847 – 4 November 1917) was an English born prominent businessman in Australia, Australian Consul to Norway and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (1901–17) who was made an officer of the Académie française in 1911 and received the Norwegian Order of St Olav in 1912. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Eleanor Rosalynn Carter (/ ˈ r oʊ z ə l ɪ n / ROH-zə-lin; née Smith; August 18, 1927 – November 19, 2023) was an American writer, activist, and humanitarian who served as the first lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981, as the wife of president Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. [1]
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Amy Carter was born on October 19, 1967, in Plains, Georgia.Prior to her birth, the family held a vote whether their parents should try for a baby daughter. According to her brother: “The family voted a year before she was born on whether my parents ought to have a baby daughter, and a year later, there she was.
Carter is the longest-lived president in U.S. history and the first to live to 100 years of age. Carter was born and raised in Plains, Georgia. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and joined the U.S. Navy's submarine service. Carter returned home after his military service and revived his family's peanut-growing business.