First Lady from Plains
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| Author | Rosalynn Carter |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiography |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | United States |
First Lady from Plains is a 1984 autobiography by Rosalynn Carter, who served as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as her husband, Jimmy Carter, was President of the United States.[1] It is divided into 12 chapters. The book was generally well received by critics, who particularly praised its "intimacy".[2]
Rosalynn Carter was First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 while her husband, Jimmy Carter, was President of the United States. She was born near Plains, Georgia, in 1927 and grew up on the family farm, leaving to attend Georgia Southwestern State University. She married Jimmy Carter in 1946. Rosalynn helped her husband in his presidential campaign, becoming nicknamed the "steel magnolia" for her discipline. As first lady, she focused on mental health issues, the elderly, passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, and functioned as a goodwill ambassador to Latin American nations.[1] She wrote her memoir with help from Linda Bird Francke, a former writer for Newsweek.[3] It was published by Houghton Mifflin and the first edition was 370 pages and divided into 12 chapters covering her life from birth to the 1980 United States presidential election.[4][5]: 573 First Lady from Plains outsold Jimmy Carter's memoir, Keeping Faith.[6]: 2
