preview

Rosalynn Carter Research Paper

Satisfactory Essays

It started out August 18, 1927, in Plains, Georgia. (Black) Rosalynn Carter was born to Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allthea Murray. (First) He was a hardworking mechanic and farmer. She was a dressmaker and most importantly a mother. At the age of 13, Rosalynn Carter’s father passed away. She became the second parent to her siblings. She also became a mechanic and hairdresser. (Black) She attended a local high school and graduated as her class’s valedictorian. (Rosalynn) She met her husband Jimmy Carter in high school through a mutual friend. She enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College at Americus. She married Jimmy Carter on July 7, 1946, at Plains Methodist Church. (Black) They settled down in Norfolk, Virginia and had their first

Get Access