“We can’t do that” again, Jimmy Carter told The Times in 1999. And I am too.”Widely considered one of the most activist first ladies since Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosalynn Carter arrived in the White House with her own platform — mental health reform. ADVERTISEMENTChief Justice Warren Burger (left) administers the oath of office to Jimmy Carter (right) as the 39th President of the United States on Jan. 20, 1977, as Rosalynn Carter looks on. While a sophomore at Georgia Southwestern, then a junior college in nearby Americus, she was captivated by a photograph of Jimmy Carter in his U.S. ADVERTISEMENTFILE PHOTO: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter dance at the inaugural ball in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 1977.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 19, 2023 22:14 UTC