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Over the decades she worked as a writer and autobiographer, an activist, and a politician, building a public identity that extended well beyond the ceremonial expectations of her White House years.\n\nHer activism centered on women's rights and humanitarian work, and she was recognized with a notable range of awards for those efforts. The Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the highest civilian honors in the United States, was among the distinctions she received. She was also inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and received the Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year award, the American Peace Award, the Delta Prize for Global Understanding, the Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, the Sarnat Prize, and the Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health. That last award points to a sustained engagement with mental health issues as part of her broader humanitarian commitments.\n\nHer marriage to Jimmy Carter ran from 1946 until her death in 2023 — a span of more than seventy-seven years. She worked and wrote in English throughout her career as an author and public figure. The Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health, which she received in recognition of her work in that field, stands as one of the more specific markers of where her humanitarian energies were directed in her later years, and it represents the kind of concrete, named acknowledgment that her decades of advocacy ultimately earned her.","Rosalynn Carter served as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981, a role that placed her at the center of American public life during the presidency of her husband, Jimmy Carter, and through which she pursued activism on behalf of women's rights and humanitarian causes.",{"@graph":12,"@context":48},[13,25],{"@id":14,"name":6,"@type":15,"sameAs":16,"birthDate":22,"deathDate":23,"description":24},"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219353","Person",[14,17,18,19,20,21],"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter","https://viaf.org/viaf/161677094/","https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77009358","https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL399056A","https://d-nb.info/gnd/12394063X","1927-08-18","2023-11-19","First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981",{"@type":26,"author":27,"headline":30,"isBasedOn":31,"mainEntity":32,"reviewedBy":33,"articleBody":9,"dateCreated":34,"dateModified":35,"additionalProperty":36,"creativeWorkStatus":47},"Article",{"name":28,"@type":29},"Editorial Team","Organization","Rosalynn Carter — biography",[14,17,19,20],{"@id":14},{"name":28,"@type":29},"2026-05-24T05:11:57.770174+00:00","2026-05-24T05:31:54.655731+00:00",[37,41,44],{"@type":38,"value":39,"propertyID":40},"PropertyValue","Q219353","wikidata",{"@type":38,"value":42,"propertyID":43},"0.958","factscore",{"@type":38,"value":45,"propertyID":46},"claude-sonnet-4-6","draftModel","AI-drafted, auto-published","https://schema.org","rosalynn-carter",null,[],{"quotes":53,"pagination":118},[54,62,68,74,80,86,92,98,104,112],{"id":55,"quote_text":56,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":59,"source":60,"quote_tag":61,"commentary":50},3915850,"Many politicians, celebrities, businessmen and women, and community leaders now are open about their struggles with mental illnesses, something almost unheard of when I began. Together, we are spreading the word that mental health affects all of us and deserves our support and attention.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":63,"quote_text":64,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":65,"source":66,"quote_tag":67,"commentary":50},3915845,"My mother made all of our clothes, my friends' mothers made all of their clothes. This was the Depression.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":69,"quote_text":70,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":71,"source":72,"quote_tag":73,"commentary":50},3915840,"I love San Francisco. I have a lot of memories there.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":75,"quote_text":76,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":77,"source":78,"quote_tag":79,"commentary":50},3915835,"When I was first lady, I worked to call attention to the plight of refugees fleeing Cambodia for Thailand, I visited Thailand and witnessed firsthand the trauma of parents and children separated by circumstance beyond their control.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":81,"quote_text":82,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":83,"source":84,"quote_tag":85,"commentary":50},3915831,"I was very nervous about giving speeches for a long time.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":87,"quote_text":88,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":89,"source":90,"quote_tag":91,"commentary":50},3915824,"When you travel and when you campaign, people tell you their problems. You see the problems and you become aware of them and you talk about them every day. And so you feel the responsibility for doing something about them.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":93,"quote_text":94,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":95,"source":96,"quote_tag":97,"commentary":50},3915814,"I've always worked - I can't stay at home and do Cokes and teas, although I think that for those people who want to do that, then that's surely important to them.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":99,"quote_text":100,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":101,"source":102,"quote_tag":103,"commentary":50},3915810,"You can make the First Lady's job whatever you want it to be. To some women the job is more involved with the entertaining. They feel at home doing the things at home.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":105,"quote_text":106,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":107,"author":108,"source":109,"quote_tag":110,"commentary":111},3915805,"I've never had time for friends. I've always worked too hard.",true,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is likely from a private conversation, interview, or possibly an autobiography written by Rosalynn Carter during her time as First Lady (1977-1981) and beyond. It reflects the immense pressure and dedication she brought to her role in supporting her husband's presidency, while also managing a family and various philanthropic endeavors.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nWhat lies beneath this statement is not a lack of value for friendships, but rather an acknowledgment that Rosalynn Carter's self-worth was deeply tied to her work. Her diligence in service to others (be it political or charitable) served as a substitute for personal relationships, indicating a potential imbalance between her professional and personal life.\n\n**How to Use This**\nRecognizing this dynamic can guide modern professionals towards prioritizing personal connections alongside their work ethic. By doing so, they may find that nurturing friendships not only enriches their social lives but also provides them with a more balanced sense of fulfillment and identity outside of their professional roles.",{"id":113,"quote_text":114,"author_id":5,"source_id":57,"has_image":58,"author":115,"source":116,"quote_tag":117,"commentary":50},3915801,"I have learned that you can do anything you want to. They used to ask me if I thought the first lady ought to be paid. If you get paid, then I have to do what first lady is supposed to do. But you can do anything you want to, and it's such a great soap box.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"currentPage":119,"totalPages":57,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":120},1,10]