Saturday, October 28, 2017

First Lady Rosalynn Carter

Thanks to Hank for the card.


"Rosalynn Carter is an American First Lady best known as the wife of President Jimmy Carter during his term from 1977-'81. 
Rosalynn Carter is an American First Lady born on August 18, 1927, in Plains, Georgia. She met Jimmy Carter through a mutual friend, and in 1946 she married him at age 18. Carter was at her husband’s side during his political rise in the ‘60s. She became First Lady of Georgia when her husband won the Governor’s role in 1970 and First Lady of the U.S. when he was inaugurated as president in 1977. One of her most important roles during her husband’s presidency was as the Active Honorary Chair of the President's Commission on Mental Health."


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