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Rosalynn Carter

Academy of Achievement

Rosalynn Carter won the lasting affection of the American public as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, she grew up in Plains, Georgia, where the Smith and Carter families were friends as well as neighbors. She began dating Jimmy Carter, the future President, after her freshman year at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. They were married after his graduation from the U.S. …