PLAINS, Ga. — Landmarks and milestones in the life of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at age 96:
August 18, 1927:
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born at her family home in Plains, Georgia. She was the daughter of Wilburn Edgar Smith, a mechanic, and Allie Murray Smith, a seamstress and postal worker.
Late August 1927:
“Miss Lillian” Carter, the neighbor and nurse who delivered Rosalynn, brought her son, Jimmy, almost 3 years old, to meet the new baby.
1940:
Rosalynn’s father died, leaving her to help her mother raise her younger siblings.
[1945:[1945:
She began dating Jimmy Carter, now a Naval Academy midshipman and the brother of her best friend, Ruth Carter.
Spring 1946:
He graduated from Georgia Southwestern College.
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at age 96.AP
July 7, 1946:
She married Jimmy at the Plains Methodist Church, her childhood congregation. They would have four children: John William (“Jack”), born 1947; James Earl III (“Chip”), 1950; Donnell Jeffrey, 1952; and Amy Lynn, 1967.
1946-1953:
Rosalynn ran the Carter household while Jimmy served in the Navy’s nuclear submarine program, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander.
1955:
He starts helping Jimmy in the farm shed; soon she “knew more on paper about the business than he did,” he recalled by their 75th anniversary.
1962:
He helped Jimmy campaign for the state Senate, an office he would win in a contested election that was eventually settled in court.
1966:
Rosalynn began campaigning on her own for the first time during Jimmy’s first run for governor of Georgia, a race he lost.
But their model of campaigning separately would be key to victory four years later and to capturing the presidency in 1976.
1975-76:
He led the Carter family’s “Peanut Brigade,” friends and supporters from Georgia spread across Iowa and other key candidate states to extend the campaign’s person-to-person outreach.
Rosalynn with Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention in New York City on July 15, 1976. Universal History Archive/Universal Image Group via Getty Images
The same model they used in Georgia revolutionized the presidential campaign, with Rosalynn as Jimmy’s primary surrogate.
January 20, 1977:
Rosalynn, the newly sworn-in 39th president and their family drew special attention on Inauguration Day by walking down Pennsylvania Avenue rather than riding in an armored limousine.
The Carters enrolled daughter Amy in a Washington, DC, predominantly black public school.
In Atlanta, when Carter was governor, Amy had attended a private school.
Rosalynn watched Jimmy Carter take the oath of office at his inauguration on January 20, 1977. CONSOLIDATED NEWS/AFP via Getty Images
Summer 1977:
Rosalynn made a 13-day diplomatic visit to seven Latin American countries and Caribbean islands.
He also urged Jimmy to delay action on the deal that resulted in control of the Panama Canal, arguing that it was too politically costly for a first term. He went ahead with the deal.
September 1978:
Rosalynn was with Jimmy at Camp David for many intense negotiations with Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt.
He listened and advised the president every day before the three leaders reached the Camp David Accords.
Rosalynn with Jimmy Carter during most of the Camp David Accords with Israel and Egypt in 1978. Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images
Begin and Sadat were both friendly with the first lady, and Sadat became very close to the Carters.
November 1979:
Rosalynn led a delegation to a Cambodian refugee camp, bringing international media attention to the humanitarian crisis. He convinced the president to accept more refugees to the US
Summer and fall 1980:
He campaigned almost every day on Jimmy’s behalf, while he stayed in the White House trying to win the release of the American hostages in Iran.
1980:
He helped win congressional approval for the Mental Health System Act, dedicating more federal money to local centers to treat mental health; Republican Ronald Reagan would later reverse course as president.
Rosalynn praises her husband after he surrendered the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan.Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images The Carters host the Reagans at the White House on November 20, 1980.Photo by Arnie Sachs/CNP/Getty Images
November 1980:
Jimmy Carter was denied a second term by Reagan, who won 51.6 percent of the popular vote to 41.7 percent for Carter and 6.7 percent for independent John Anderson.
1982:
The Carters founded The Carter Center in Atlanta with the mission of resolving conflict, protecting human rights, supporting democracy and preventing disease worldwide.
1984:
Rosalynn released her memoir, “First Lady of the Plains,” in which she admitted to missing Washington. It is the first of his five books.
September 1984:
He went to New York City, where the Carters volunteered to build houses for Habitat for Humanity; this will be their annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter work on a Habitat for Humanity home in Denver on Oct. 9. 2013. Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images
1987:
She established the Rosalynn Carter Caregiving Institute, located at her college alma mater, to support Americans who are unpaid caregivers.
Summer 1989:
Rosalynn travels with Jimmy on a weeklong tour of Africa that includes an international conference on Guinea worm eradication, perhaps The Carter Center’s most ambitious public health initiative.
1996:
She established the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, based at The Carter Center, to help working journalists produce better reporting on the topic.
President Bill Clinton awards the Medal of Freedom to Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter on August 9, 1999. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images
1999:
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton.
July 10, 2007:
He testified before a US House subcommittee, urging Congress to require health insurance policies to cover mental health treatment on a par with treatment for other illnesses.
November 2016:
He organized the Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy for the 32nd time.
Carter at a press conference for the Habitat for Humanity project in Nashville on Oct. 7. 2019.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File
October 2019:
In Nashville, the Carters participated personally for the last time in their Habitat for Humanity work project; the program will continue.
April 30, 2021:
The Carters hosted President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at their home on the Plains.
The pair have been friends since the 1976 campaign, when Biden, then a junior lawmaker from Delaware, became the first US senator to endorse Carter for president.
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter in Plains on April 29, 2021. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
July 7, 2021:
The Carters celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. Offering advice for a successful marriage, she said, “everyone (person) should have space. That’s very important.”
18 Feb. 2023:
The Carter family announced that Jimmy entered home hospice care.
They would later say they thought he would only live a few days but bounced back to celebrate their 77th wedding anniversary and his 99th birthday later that year.
Rosalynn died shortly after joining her husband Jimmy in hospice care.AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File
May 30, 2023:
The family announced that Rosalynn had dementia.
September 23, 2023:
The Carters make a surprise appearance in the Peanut Plains Festival parade, riding in a Secret Service vehicle with the windows closed for their last public appearance.
Nov 17 2023:
Carter’s family announced that she had entered home hospice care.
Nov 19 2023:
Rosalynn Carter died at home in Plains, Georgia, in the same home where the Carter family lived when Jimmy was elected to the state Senate in 1962.
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