国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「We’re reflecting on the life and work of First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Having been Jimmy Carter’s partner in marriage, business, philanthropy, and politics for thirty years, Rosalynn Carter intended to continue their partnership when they entered the White House. The new president called his wife his “best friend and chief advisor.” The Carters’s White House partnership included weekly working lunches and Rosalynn attending cabinet meetings. The first lady’s office included Projects and Community Liaison staff working on social policy issues. She served as the honorary but active chair of the President’s Commission on Mental Health, making passage and implementation of its recommendations her highest priority. Mrs. Carter traveled as the president’s representative for talks with Latin American leaders, provided support during the 1978 Camp David peace talks, and actively campaigned in the 1980 election. Her activity reignited the debate about the political involvement of first ladies. After leaving the White House, Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter founded the Carter Center in Atlanta. The center's activities include worldwide health and agricultural projects and programs to promote peace, cultivate democracy, and protect human rights. Through the Carter Center, Rosalynn Carter continued her work as an advocate for mental health awareness. In 1984 she became a member of the board of advisers, and frequent builder, for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing. Their commitment to the well-being of all Americans made the Carters the respected “elder states couple” of national politics. Rosalynn Carter’s decision to wear the same dress she wore to Jimmy’s 1971 Georgia governor’s inaugural ball to the 1977 presidential inaugural “parties” generated public discussion about the first lady’s responsibility to promote the American fashion industry and how formal the White House should be. When she donated her gown to the museum in 1978, Mrs. Carter asked that the presentation (pictured here) take place on the museum’s terrace for the public. The dress is currently on exhibit indoors in The First Ladies.」11月20日 6時51分