The first two photographs of Rosalynn Carter in Chattanooga Times Free Press archives are symbolic of the era — the good wife standing by her man — albeit with a kiss — when Jimmy Carter earned a spot in the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial runoff in 1966 and again — this time with a smile — when Carter won the Democratic runoff in 1970.
But by the time she was discussed at length in these pages again, after becoming the Peach State’s first lady, she was being talked about with the same plaudits she is receiving today as she is mourned by the nation after her death on Nov. 19.
More than 40 years after she and Jimmy Carter left the White House after his one term as president, she is being remembered as a close adviser to her husband, a strong mental health advocate and a passionate humanitarian.
Mike
