2. Mrs. Carter turns 94 on Aug. 18. She was born on the 7th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
3. Mrs. Carter was the first First Lady to establish an office in the east wing of the White House and have a projects staff.
4. The press dubbed Mrs. Carter the “steel magnolia” for her “sweetness and drive.”
5. Mrs. Carter loved the gown she wore for the Georgia Governor’s inaugural ball so much that she wore it again at Presidential inaugural ball—and was criticized for wearing it twice.
6.Mrs. Carter is a seamstress and used to make her daughter Amy’s clothes. She stopped sewing once she moved into the Governor’s Mansion because there was no time.
7. Fly fishing in a remote stream anywhere in the world is Mrs. Carter’s favorite thing to do.
8. Mrs. Carter has a rose, an orchid, a camellia, and an azalea named for her.
9. Rosalynn Carter is an advocate for monarch butterfly conservation and inspired the establishment of the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail, a network of monarch-friendly public and private gardens across the United States and beyond.
10. Mrs. Carter was valedictorian of her Plains High School graduating class.