Rosalynn Carter, partner of 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter, changed the way Americans view mental health, and spent decades reducing stigma and fighting diseases through her work at the Carter Center.
Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a longtime mental health advocate and humanitarian, died on Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. The former first lady worked for decades to promote the dignity and self-worth for people living with mental illnesses.
During its annual Mental Health Forum the Carter Center addressed the toll that caregiving can have on mental health. The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers is now partnered with the Carter Center’s mental health program to address those needs.
Visitors to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world's busiest, are now greeted with a large mural honoring former President Jimmy and first lady Rosalynn Carter.
The merger, to be completed by June 2025, will connect two issues — mental health and caregiving — championed by the late former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter.
Carter served as the 39th president of the United States and the 76th governor of Georgia. He is being remembered across the globe as a humanitarian, peacemaker and a man of faith who loved his family.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner devoted himself to improving the health of people around the world, promoting democracy and resolving global conflicts.
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By:
Nicole Werbeck and
Giulia Heyward
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