5 Things You Didn’t Know About Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

By E. Stanly Godbold, Jr.

1. Ted Sorensen was Carter’s first choice to be Director of the CIA, but he could not get him confirmed by the Senate.

2. Carter rebuilt the US military during his last year in office, creating the modern technological machine that successive presidents have used in their wars.

3. Rosalynn Carter became Co-Chair with her husband of the Carter Center in Atlanta , which functions like a private United Nations, and Chair of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving in Americus after she left the White House.

4. Rosalynn Carter was the only wife of a President who attended Anwar Sadat’s funeral.

5. Rosalynn Carter attended five of the President’s 32 Cabinet meetings and served as his ambassador to several Latin American nation.

Image: Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of Georgia, and unidentified gardener, working in flower beds at the mansion, 1971. Courtesy of Georgia Archives, RG 1-16-116, Box 15.

About the author: E. Stanly Godbold, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of History at Mississippi State University. He served as off-camera consultant and on-camera commentator for the American Experience documentary on the life of Jimmy Carter (2002). He lives in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.

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Jessica B

Jimmy Carter is a modern president who I wish I knew more about. I like that this book doesn’t just look at his politics, but also his wife and her influence on his rise. Please enter me for this drawing!
Jack

I voted for the man, was disappointed in his administration. He was gone before you got to really know him. As an ambassador he has excelled. It is interesting that there have been many strong first ladies. Some are known for it during the current administrations, some are more behind the scenes and if known at all it is usually for some hyped up media event like lighting the Christmas tree.

I like that the books includes the life of Rosalynn and her time in the white house and her time in the white house and her support for her husband during his administration.

I would love the opportunity to learn more about the man I voted for and his wife and would enjoy own this book
Carol Wong

I voted for Jimmy Carter too. I am glad that this book icludes his wife too. Although I was disappointed in his executive performance, I do think he excels
in diplomacy. I would love to read this book,

CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com
Chuck B

This book sounds like an outstanding look at the formative years in the lives of these two amazing individuals. To have grown up in the rural South and to have been shaped by days of depression and war and then to have emerged as a true leaders in reform, helping to push Georgia beyond its segregated past and into a new era, is an impressive and heroic story, one that I would love to read!
Michelle

I know almost nothing about President Carter. This would be a great introduction.
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I know almost nothing about President Carter. This would be a great introduction.

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

By E. Stanly Godbold, Jr.

1. Ted Sorensen was Carter’s first choice to be Director of the CIA, but he could not get him confirmed by the Senate.

2. Carter rebuilt the US military during his last year in office, creating the modern technological machine that successive presidents have used in their wars.

3. Rosalynn Carter became Co-Chair with her husband of the Carter Center in Atlanta , which functions like a private United Nations, and Chair of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving in Americus after she left the White House.

4. Rosalynn Carter was the only wife of a President who attended Anwar Sadat’s funeral.

5. Rosalynn Carter attended five of the President’s 32 Cabinet meetings and served as his ambassador to several Latin American nation.

Image: Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of Georgia, and unidentified gardener, working in flower beds at the mansion, 1971. Courtesy of Georgia Archives, RG 1-16-116, Box 15.

About the author: E. Stanly Godbold, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of History at Mississippi State University. He served as off-camera consultant and on-camera commentator for the American Experience documentary on the life of Jimmy Carter (2002). He lives in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.

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