Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter love story
She was his indispensable business partner, then his closest political adviser.
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She was his indispensable business partner, then his closest political adviser.
Their partnership began as a small-town love story, then over 77 years of marriage led them to the Georgia governor’s office in 1970 and the White House in 1976. After that, it propelled the Carters through four decades as global humanitarians.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter could not remember their first meeting. She was a newborn. He wasn’t long out of diapers himself.
In spring 1955, Rosalynn Carter was doing what she had sworn to avoid when she married an ambitious Naval officer: keeping house and raising children in the same tiny town where they grew up.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are known for being a global power couple. The former first lady died Nov. 19 at age 96. Now the former president must adjust to life without the woman who he credits as his equal partner in politics and global humanitarian work.