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[[Image:Mrs._Carter.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rosalynn Carter]]

[[Image:Mrs._Carter.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rosalynn Carter]]

'''Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter''' (born August 18, 1927), is the wife of former [[President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. She served as [[First Lady]] of the [[United States]] from 1977 through 1981 and as First Lady of [[Georgia]] during her husband's governorship from 1971 through 1975.  

'''Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter''' (August 18, 1927 - November 19, 2023), is the wife of former [[President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. She served as an activist [[First Lady]] of the [[United States]] from 1977 through 1981, sitting in on [[Cabinet]] meetings and otherwise influencing the unsuccessful [[Carter Administration]].<ref>https://www.aol.com/news/rosalynn-carter-outspoken-former-first-201757138.html</ref>  She was the First Lady of [[Georgia]] during her husband's governorship from 1971 through 1975.  

 

 

== Early life and education==

== Early life and education==

The oldest of four siblings, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains, Georgia to Allethea "Allie" Murray Smith and Wilburn Edgar Smith.<ref name="whitehouse">[https://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/rosalynncarter Rosalynn Smith Carter]</ref> After Wilburn died in 1940,<ref name="biography">[http://www.biography.com/articles/Rosalynn-Carter-9240052 Rosalynn Carter Biography]</ref> 13-year-old Rosalynn helped her mother Allie with her dressmaking business, as well as caring for the other children.<ref name="whitehouse"/> After high school, Rosalynn attended Georgia Southwestern College at Americus, graduating in 1946.<ref>[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/experts/rosalynn_carter.html Rosalynn Carter - Former First Lady of the United States and Founder of The Carter Center]</ref>

The oldest of four siblings, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains, Georgia to Allethea "Allie" Murray Smith and Wilburn Edgar Smith.<ref name="whitehouse">[https://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/rosalynncarter Rosalynn Smith Carter]</ref> After Wilburn died in 1940,<ref name="biography">[http://www.biography.com/articles/Rosalynn-Carter-9240052 Rosalynn Carter Biography]</ref> 13-year-old Rosalynn helped her mother Allie with her dressmaking business, as well as caring for the other children.<ref name="whitehouse"/> After high school, Rosalynn attended Georgia Southwestern College at Americus, graduating in 1946.<ref>[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/experts/rosalynn_carter.html Rosalynn Carter - Former First Lady of the United States and Founder of The Carter Center]</ref>