ROSALYNN SMITH CARTER
Name: Rosalynn Carter
Born: August 18, 1927 Plains, Georgia, US
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter, known as Rosalynn, (born August 18, 1927) is the
wife of former United States President Jimmy Carter and was First Lady of the
United States from 1977 to 1981.
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains, Georgia, the eldest of the four
children (two brothers, both deceased and a sister) of Frances Allethea Murray (1904–1997),
a dressmaker, and Edgar Smith (1896–1940), an automobile mechanic and farmer.
The first syllable of Rosalynn is pronounced to rhyme with "rose."
Her father died of leukemia when she was thirteen, and she helped her mother
raise her younger siblings as well as assist her dressmaking in order to meet
the family's financial needs. She graduated as valedictorian of Plains High
School and then attended Georgia Southwestern College.
Name: Rosalynn Carter
Born: August 18, 1927 Plains, Georgia, US
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter, known as Rosalynn, (born August 18, 1927) is the
wife of former United States President Jimmy Carter and was First Lady of the
United States from 1977 to 1981.
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains, Georgia, the eldest of the four
children (two brothers, both deceased and a sister) of Frances Allethea Murray (1904–1997),
a dressmaker, and Edgar Smith (1896–1940), an automobile mechanic and farmer.
The first syllable of Rosalynn is pronounced to rhyme with "rose."
Her father died of leukemia when she was thirteen, and she helped her mother
raise her younger siblings as well as assist her dressmaking in order to meet
the family's financial needs. She graduated as valedictorian of Plains High
School and then attended Georgia Southwestern College.