ROSALYNN CARTER

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ROSALYNN CARTER
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Backround

• Born Plains, Georgia, August 18, 1927
• Parents Edgar and Allie (Murray) Smith.
• Religion Baptist.
• In 1940, her father died and her mother became a
  dressmaker to help support the family.
• As the oldest child, she worked beside her
  mother, helping with the sewing, the
  housekeeping, and the other children.
• In 1945, after her freshman year, (in Georgia
  Southwestern College at Americus) she first dated
  Jimmy Carter, who was home from the U.S. Naval
  Academy at Annapolis.

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EDUCATION

• 1946 graduated Georgia southwestern college.
• 1979 h.H.D. (Honorary) Tift college.
• 1980 l.H.D. (Honorary) Morehouse college.
• 1986 d.P.S. (Honorary) Wesleyan college.
• 1987 ll.D. (Honorary) university of Notre dame.
• 1991 d.Litt. (Honorary) Emory university.

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• Jimmy Carter, born in Plains Georgia, October 1,
  1924.
• Jimmy Rosalynn got married July 7, 1946.

• John William (Jack) Carter, born July 3, 1947,
  in Portsmouth, Virginia.
• James Earl (Chip) Carter III, born April 12,
  1950, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff) Carter, born August 18,
  1952, in New London, Connecticut.
• Amy Lynn Carter, born October 19, 1967, in
  Plains, Georgia.

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• 1977, became a First Lady of Georgia.
• 1971-1975, Expands the number of Mental Health
  Centers in Georgia from 23 to 134.
• 1977, became First Lady of The United States.
  Along with Betty Ford and Lady Bird Johnson
  attends the first government funded National
  Women's Conference held in Houston, TX.
• 1977-1980,Attends Cabinet Meetings Works the
  Equal Rights Amendment Expands the role of
  Commission on Mental Health Travels throughout
  Latin America on a Good Will Tour.
• 1981, Returns to Plains, Georgia.
• 1991, Develops and leads a national
  age-appropriate

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ROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(RCI)
Formed in honor of First Lady Rosalynn Carter ,
and established in 1987 on the campus of Georgia
Southwestern State University (GSW) in Americus,
Georgia.
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Mission and Philosophy

• Mission and Philosophy
• Through research, education, and training, the
  RCI promotes the mental health and well-being of
  individuals, families, and professional
  caregivers promulgates effective care giving
  practices builds public awareness of care giving
  needs and advances public and social policies
  that enhance caring communities.
• These goals are met by forming partnerships with
  professionals, groups, and individuals to deliver
  education and training programs, research and
  program evaluation around care needs, and policy
  and advocacy efforts that promote healthy
  individual development and increase community
  care giving capacity.
• Unique to the Institute are its focus on generic
  care giving that pertains to all caregivers
  across various illnesses and disabilities
  incorporation of both lay and professional points
  of view and collaboration among front line
  caregivers, academicians, and students to improve
  the care giving process.

• The RCI promotes the mental health and
  well-being of individuals, families, and
  professional caregivers.
• Forming partnerships with professionals, groups,
  and individuals to deliver education and training
  programs, research and program evaluation around
  care needs, and policy and advocacy efforts that
  promote healthy individual development and
  increase community care giving capacity.
• The Institute is focused on generic care giving
  that pertains to all caregivers across various
  illnesses and disabilities incorporation of both
  lay and professional points of view and
  collaboration among front line academicians, and
  students to improve the care giving process.

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Books Published

• 1984, First Lady from Plains, an
  autobiography.
• 1987, Co-authored with Jimmy Carter, Everything
  to Gain Making the Most of the Rest of your
  Life.
• 1994, Helping Yourself Help Others A Book for
  Caregivers, (with Susan K. Golant).
• 1998, Helping Someone with Mental Illness A
  Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and
  Caregivers, (with Susan K. Golant).