2023-11-20 00:13:00
Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the United States and tireless fighter for mental health reforms, died at the age of 96 / Photo: AFP.
Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former US President Jimmy Carter, has died this Sunday at the age of 96, reported the Carter Center, the couple’s nonprofit organization.
Rosalynn Carter died peacefully, surrounded by her family at her home in Plains, Georgia. where she was hospitalized with palliative care after being diagnosed with dementia in May.
“Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I accomplished,” the former president said in a statement, according to CNN television.
“She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it; as long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew someone loved and supported me,” he added.
Rosalynn Carter worked tirelessly for mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s wife.
After her husband left the White House, Rosalynn dedicated herself to activism to reduce stigma associated with people with mental illness and the fight for parity and access to mental health treatment.
She also dedicated her time to the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving at Georgia Southwestern State University, helping families and professional caregivers living with disabilities and illnesses.
Democrat Jimmy Carter was defeated in a landslide by Republican Ronald Reagan four years after being elected.
His only term in the White House (1977-81) It included an unusual peace agreement between Israel and Egypt that remains in force today, but was also marked by skyrocketing inflation and the hostage crisis in
Iran.
Through it all, Rosalynn was by his side and often whispered things in his ear.
As America’s First Lady from 1977-1981, Rosalynn Carter advocated for mental health and other important issues. Throughout Jimmy Carter’s political career, she was one of his biggest supporters, and as lifelong companions they were inseparable. She was instrumental in the… pic.twitter.com/dOUOdqjeRh
— HISTORY (@HISTORY) November 19, 2023
The Carters redefined and revolutionized the post-presidency and worked for world peace and human rights on behalf of the Carter Center, a non-governmental organization based in Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, founded to “achieve peace, fight disease and generate hope.”
Over the next few years, the couple traveled to places including Cuba, Sudan and North Korea, monitoring elections and working to eradicate neglected tropical diseases.
In 1999, then-President Bill Clinton awarded both Carters the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, saying they had done “more good things for more people in more places than any other couple on Earth.” “.
Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
#Rosalynn #Carter #lady #United #States #died