‘Without Rosalynn Carter, there would have been no President Carter’

The most moving eulogy was the presence of former president Jimmy Carter, which was the greatest tribute of all. Frail and confined to a wheelchair at age 99, he was with his wife until the end.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter kissing at the Democratic National Convention in New York City, 1976.Photograph courtesy of Picryl

Opinion

BY ARTHUR MILNES

December 4, 2023

ATLANTA, GA.—In a eulogy that was moving, delivered with humour, and anchored by obvious affection, PBS’s Judy Woodruff described Rosalynn Carter’s greatest political legacy in few words: “Without Rosalynn Carter, there would have been no President Carter,” she tol...

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