The longest-married presidential couple in history grew up together in their small hometown of Plains, Georgia.
The couple married on July 7, 1946. Rosalynn Carter graduated Georgia Southwestern College that year as well. After moving around the country on military assignment, the couple returned to Plains to run the family peanut farm, where they raised four children.The couple also had 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
She also worked with Habitat for Humanity, participating in the annual weeklong Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project that in 1984 began building homes for the needy, and 3Keys , a public/private nonprofit partnership to provide housing for homeless people living with mental illnesses. During their time as first couple, Rosalynn Carter supported her husband’s work, something she did until his last day in office.
For decades the couple traveled the world trying to change it for the better. Later, President Carter published another book “A Full Life: Reflections at 90″. Inside, a portrait he painted of his life-long love, along with the dedication to her, “To Rosalynn, who has kept my life full of love.”
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