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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''' (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.  

== 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>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/rosalynncarter Rosalynn Smith Carter]</ref> After Wilburn died in 1940,<ref>[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>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/rosalynncarter Rosalynn Smith Carter]</ref> 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">[http://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>

==Marriage and family==

==Marriage and family==

Rosalynn started dating Jimmy Carter after her freshman year in college. Carter, the older brother of Rosalynn's best friend,<ref>[http://www.biography.com/articles/Rosalynn-Carter-9240052 Rosalynn Carter Biography]</ref> was a cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, [[Maryland]].<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/rosalynncarter Rosalynn Smith Carter]</ref> The couple married at the Plains Methodist Church on July 7, 1946 and moved to Norfolk, [[Virginia]], Carter's first military posting.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/articles/Rosalynn-Carter-9240052 Rosalynn Carter Biography]</ref> The Carters had four children: John William (born 1947 in Virginia), James Earl III (born 1950 in Hawaii), Donnel Jeffrey (born 1952 in Connecticut) and Amy Lynn (born 1967 in Georgia).<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/rosalynncarter Rosalynn Smith Carter]</ref><ref>[http://www.biography.com/articles/Rosalynn-Carter-9240052 Rosalynn Carter Biography]</ref> When Jimmy Carter's father died in 1953, he left the Navy and the family returned to Plains, where Carter farmed peanuts and Rosalynn handled the bookkeeping for the farm.<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/rosalynncarter Rosalynn Smith Carter]</ref>

Rosalynn started dating Jimmy Carter after her freshman year in college. Carter, the older brother of Rosalynn's best friend, <ref name="biography"/> was a cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, [[Maryland]]. <ref name="whitehouse"/> The couple married at the Plains Methodist Church on July 7, 1946 and moved to Norfolk, [[Virginia]], Carter's first military posting. <ref name="biography"/> The Carters had four children: John William (born 1947 in Virginia), James Earl III (born 1950 in Hawaii), Donnel Jeffrey (born 1952 in Connecticut) and Amy Lynn (born 1967 in Georgia). <ref name="whitehouse"/><ref name="biography"/> When Jimmy Carter's father died in 1953, he left the Navy and the family returned to Plains, where Carter farmed peanuts and Rosalynn handled the bookkeeping for the farm. <ref name="whitehouse"/>

==First Lady of Georgia==

==First Lady of Georgia==