Rosalynn Carter

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Rosalynn Carter (left) with Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, and Jimmy Carter
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Rosalynn Carter (left) with Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, and Jimmy Carter

Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter (born August 18, 1927) is the wife of President Jimmy Carter. As the wife of one of the presidents of the USA, she was the First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

She was born in Plains, Georgia. She was the eldest of the four children of Frances Allethea "Allie" Murray (1904-1997) and Edgar Smith (1896-1940). She attended Plains High School, Plains. After completing her schooling, she studied at Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, Georgia. On July 7, 1946, she and Jimmy Carter were married.

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