Rosalynn Carter

Mourners pay their respects to former first lady Rosalynn Carter as she lies in repose at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, in Atlanta, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The Carter Center said she died "peacefully, with family by her side," on Nov. 19 after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

AP PHOTOS: Rosalynn Carter’s farewell tracing her 96 years from Plains to the world and back

Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter has been memorialized with three days of public ceremonies and tributes. She died Nov. 19.
 
Maranatha Baptist Church, where the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter will be held, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains, Ga. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Church that hosted Rosalynn Carter funeral played key role in her and her husband’s lives

 
An Armed Forces body bearer team carries the casket after the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains, Ga. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Rosalynn Carter is eulogized before family and friends as husband Jimmy bears silent witness

 
Former President Jimmy Carter, arrives to attend a tribute service for his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy

 
Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents carry casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Rosalynn Carter tributes highlight her reach as first lady and humanitarian

 

President Carter becomes first president to live to see White House ornament honoring his legacy

The White House Historical Association has unveiled its official 2024 White House Christmas ornament in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, and it marks the first time in the history of the official White House Christmas ornament that a president has been alive for the unveiling of their ornament. (Feb. 21)
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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2018, file photo former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter are seen ahead of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals in Atlanta. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been best friends and life mates for nearly 80 years. Now with the former first lady's death at age 96, the former president must adjust to life without the woman who he credits as his equal partner in everything he accomplished in politics and as a global humanitarian after their White House years. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Global power couple, best friends and life mates: Inside the bond between Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are known for being a global power couple. But they were also best friends and life mates for nearly 80 years.
 
Lee Johnson, an employee of the town of Plains, Ga., lowers the American and Georgia state flags on the morning Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, to recognize the death of Rosalynn Carter. The former U.S. first lady died Sunday at the age of 96. She and former President Jimmy Carter were both born, married and lived most of their lives in their hometown of about 600 people. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

President Joe Biden orders US flags lowered in memory of former first lady Rosalynn Carter

President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property will be lowered to half staff in recognition of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday.
 
FILE President Jimmy Carter, second from right, arrives at Camp David, Md., with first lady Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy Carter, center, on Friday, Feb. 25, 1977, along with Mary Fitzpatrick, Amy's nursemaid, third from left, and two unidentified military aides as they walk toward the house at the presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains for the first time. Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia. The most personal of those cases involved Mary Prince Fitzpatrick, who went to Washington as White House nanny to Amy Carter with a felony murder conviction still on her record. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)

Rosalynn Carter made a wrongfully convicted felon a White House nanny and helped win her pardon

Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia.
 
FILE - Former first lady Rosalynn Carter discusses the Institute of Medicine report, "Crossing the Quality Chasm: Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders," during the 21st annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy at the Carter Center, Nov. 3, 2005, in Atlanta. Health care experts say the advocacy of Carter, who died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96, created a framework for much of the progress on mental illness in America. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

Rosalynn Carter’s advocacy for mental health was rooted in compassion and perseverance

Rosalynn Carter’s advocacy for mental health started during her husband’s 1966 campaign for governor, when she spoke almost daily with Georgia families struggling to get help for their loved ones.
 
A statue of Rosalynn Carter sits in front of the Health and Human Sciences Complex on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Americus, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Rosalynn Carter’s tiny hometown mourns a global figure — and their matriarch

Rosalynn Carter’s tiny hometown of Plains, Georgia, is mourning the death of the former U.S. first lady and global humanitarian. She died Sunday at 96.
 
FILE - Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter listens to a speaker at The Carter Center in Atlanta on April 6, 2011. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jason Bronis, File)

Reactions to the death of Rosalynn Carter, former first lady and global humanitarian

Reactions are pouring in to the death of Rosalynn Carter. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden said Rosalynn Carter inspired the nation and was an advocate for mental health reform and “a champion” for equal rights and opportunities for women and girls.
 
FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter, right, and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, wave to the audience at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 25, 2008. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Notable quotes from former first lady Rosalynn Carter

Notable quotes from former first lady Rosalynn Carter
 
FILE - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

A timeline of key moments from former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s 96 years

A timeline of key moments from former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s 96 years
 
FILE - Jimmy Carter, right, and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, wave together at the National Convention in Madison Square Garden, July 15, 1976, in New York. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo, File)

Rosalynn Carter: Advocate for Jimmy Carter and many others, always leveraging her love of politics

Rosalynn Carter drew the nickname “Steel Magnolia” when she arrived in Washington as first lady. But that almost certainly undersold how vital her role was alongside the 39th president and how much of an impact she made in her own right as Jimmy Carter’s political partner and fellow global humanitar
 
FILE Rosalynn Carter, left, and her husband former President Jimmy Carter update donors about current activities of the Carter Center in Atlanta, April 23, 2010. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dies at 96

Unlike many previous first ladies, Rosalynn sat in on Cabinet meetings, spoke out on controversial issues and represented her husband on foreign trips.
 
FILE - The former first lady Rosalynn Carter speaks to the press at conference at The Carter Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Atlanta. Rosalynn Carter, the 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, the Carter Center says. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File)

Rosalynn Carter, 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, the Carter Center says

The Carter Center has announced that former first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia.
 
Workers work on a wooden cake display on the North Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in honor of former President Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday this weekend. Carter America's 39th president will celebrate his 99th birthday on Sunday, Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world

Jimmy Carter put off his usual Sunday practice of watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains.
 
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 1966, file photo, then Georgia State Sen. Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his Atlanta campaign headquarters. Rosalynn Carter turns 96 on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 and is celebrating at home in Plains, Ga., with her family, including former President Jimmy Carter. Her plan includes eating cupcakes and peanut butter ice cream, then releasing butterflies in her garden -- with friends doing the same around the Carters' hometown. (AP Photo/File)

Rosalynn Carter marks 96th birthday at home with the former president, butterflies and ice cream

Rosalynn Carter celebrated her 96th birthday at home with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, and other family members, while the surrounding community commemorated the former first lady’s years of public health advocacy.
 
Hugh Carter, Jr., special presidential assistant for President Jimmy Carter's administration, is pictured in his White House office in Washington, Feb. 21, 1977. The 34-year-old former businessman and the President's second cousin is in charge of making the White House more efficient. President Carter, voicing determination to cut the costs of government, is finding there is no easier target for economies than the mansion where he lives and works.(AP Photo/Peter Bregg)

Hugh Carter Jr., the cousin who helped organize Jimmy Carter’s ‘Peanut Brigade,’ has died

Hugh “Sonny” Carter Jr. has died. He’s the Carter who helped organize the “Peanut Brigade” that helped elect his cousin Jimmy to the White House and later enforced the president’s frugal ways in the West Wing.
 
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2017, photo, former President Jimmy Carter, right, and his wife Rosalynn arrive for a ribbon cutting ceremony for a solar panel project on farmland he owns in their hometown of Plains, Ga. Jimmy and Rosalynn are celebrating their 77th wedding anniversary, Friday, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter mark 77th wedding anniversary at home in Plains, Georgia

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-married first couple ever as both face significant health challenges.
 
FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife former first lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. The Carter family shared news that Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center announced Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center says

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday. Carter, now 95, remains at home with former President Jimmy Carter, who has been at home receiving hospice care.
 
Carter Center employee Jordan McNairy collects signed codes of conduct from volunteer election observers training on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 at the Carter Center in Atlanta. The center is training nonpartisan election observers to review how Fulton County, Georgia, handles elections. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Carter Center to monitor midterms in Georgia’s Fulton County

The Carter Center is training nonpartisan observers to monitor midterm elections in Fulton County, Georgia.
 
FILE - White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier, right, displays a mango coconut lei, the dessert for the dinner hosted by President George W. Bush for Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, in the State Dining Room in the White House in Washington, May 19, 2003. Mesnier, a White House executive chef and who served five presidential administrations for roughly 25 years, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Roland Mesnier, pastry chef for five presidents, dies at 78

The man who created often-magical desserts for five presidents and their guests as White House executive pastry chef has died at age 78.
 
FILE - The former first lady Rosalynn Carter speaks to the press at conference at The Carter Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Atlanta. On Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, Carter, the second-oldest U.S. first lady ever, turns 95. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File)

Rosalynn Carter marking 95th birthday with butterflies

Rosalynn Carter turns 95 Thursday, and her birthday is being marked with butterflies. A friend says the wife of former President Jimmy Carter has a fascination with butterflies dating back to her childhood in Plains, Georgia.
 

Butterfly sculpture dedicated by Rosalynn Carter in Plains

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dedicated a sculpture of monarch butterflies in a garden named for her in Plains, Georgia — part of Carter’s continuing advocacy for butterflies and their habitat.
 
Amy Carter, left, rises her glass during a toast to her parents former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool)

Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn celebrate 75 years of marriage

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn have celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in their hometown of Plains, Georgia.
 
FILE - This Oct. 1, 2009 file photo shows former President Jimmy Carter getting a kiss from his wife Rosalynn as she introduces him during a reopening ceremony for the newly redesigned Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta. Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn celebrate their 75th anniversary this week on Thursday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter mark 75 years of ‘full partnership’

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary on July 7, extending their record as the longest married presidential couple in American history.
 
In this April 30, 2021, photo released by The White House, former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter pose for a photo with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the home of the Carter's in Plains Ga. (Adam Schultz, The White House via AP)

Smiling Jimmy Carter seen in photo from Biden visit

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The public has gotten a glimpse inside President Joe Biden’s visit last week with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.
 
President Joe Biden walks from Marine One with first lady Jill Biden on the Ellipse near the White House after spending the weekend in Wilmington, Del., Sunday, April 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bidens to visit Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter while in Georgia

The White House says President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit the 39th president, Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Rosalynn, while in Georgia this week.
 
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo former President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush look up to the crowd as they arrive for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol for President-elect Joe Biden in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Former presidents, first ladies urge Americans to get shots

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former presidents are urging Americans to get vaccinated as soon as COVID-19 doses are available to them, as part of a campaign to overcome hesitancy about the shots.
 
FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gestures toward a reporter while speaking at the State Department in Washington. Pompeo plans to deliver a speech extolling the Trump administration's foreign policy this week in Georgia ahead of key Senate run-off elections that will determine control of the upper chamber of Congress. The accusation of genocide by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo against China touches on a hot-button human rights issue between China and the West. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

The Latest: Fireworks light up sky to celebrate inauguration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration (all times local):

10:15 p.m.

Fireworks lit up the sky behind the Washington Monument to mark the end of Inauguration Day for President Joe Biden.
 
FILE- In this Sept. 30, 2018 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter are seen ahead of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals, in Atlanta. Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. It marks the first time the couple, 96 and 93, will have missed the ceremonies since Carter was sworn-in as the 39th president in 1977.(AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter won’t attend Biden’s inauguration

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
 

Carter Center chooses US AID leader as its new executive

ATLANTA (AP) — A human rights organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, has appointed a new chief executive.
 

Bill introduced to redesignate Jimmy Carter historic sites

ATLANTA (AP) — Some historic places in former President Jimmy Carter’s hometown may get more federal protection under a bill introduced by Georgia’s congressional delegation to give them a new designation.