RIP Rosalynn Carter, former first lady, wife of President Jimmy Carter

[Astronuc]

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who transformed the role of first lady, dies at 96
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...the-role-of-first-lady-dies-at-96/ar-AA1kcaC4

She was the first presidential spouse to set up an office in the East Wing and hire a full staff. Many recalled Rosalynn Carter carrying a brief case filled with papers to the office every day.

She was a trusted adviser to the president, a participant in foreign and domestic affairs and often set up weekly meetings with Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office, Kate Anderson Brower, author of "First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies," told USA Today in 2018.

Carter traveled the world, promoting her own platform of improving mental health care and her husband's position on human rights. She lobbied for the Equal Rights Amendment which granted legal gender equality to women and men.

She began hospice care a few days ago. Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care for many weeks.

 

[jedishrfu]

Pres Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalind, are an inspiration to us all with their selfless dedication to so many humanitarian causes. The world has become a sadder place without them.