OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 18, 1927
Plains, Georgia

DIED:
November 19. 2023 (age 96)
Plains, Georgia 

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

EDUCATION:
Georgia Southwestern College (1946)

MARRIED:
James Earl Carter Jr.  (July 7, 1946)

CHILDREN:
John William (1947)
James Earl III (1950)
Donnel Jeffrey (1952)
Amy Lynn (1967)

HIGHLIGHTS:
Member, Georgia Governor’s Commission to Improve Services for the Mentally and Emotionally Handicapped (1971)
First Lady (1977-1981)
Active Honorary Chair, President’s Commission on Mental Health (1977-1978)
Board Member Emeritus, National Mental Health Association
Distinguished Centennial Lecturer, Agnes Scott College (1988-1992)
Board of Directors, Gannett Company, Inc (1983-1997)
Policy Advisory Board, The Atlanta Project (1991-1999)
Board of Trustees, The Menninger Foundation (1986-2003)

RESOURCES:

Carter Library
The Carter Center
Miller Center
National First Ladies’ Library
White House
White House Historical Association
First Ladies (C-SPAN)
Georgia Encyclopedia
Wikipedia