Rosalynn Carter was memorialized Tuesday as a matriarch who felt more comfortable among the impoverished and vulnerable than world leaders, as a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents,

Rosalynn Carter will be memorialized Tuesday with classical music and beloved hymns, some of her favorite Biblical passages, and a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents,

The Carters did grow close to their 1976 opponents, Gerald and Betty Ford, after that campaign. Jimmy Carter said he maintained a mostly strong relationship with President George H. W. Bush, another Republican. But the Carters outlived both Fords, the elder Bush and Barbara Bush.

Jimmy Carter said more than once that he’d found an equal partner in his wife, and he invited her to sit in on Cabinet meetings during his single term in the Oval Office. As first lady, she led a campaign to destigmatize talking about and seeking help for mental health, which included calling out journalists who used flippant terms like “crazy.”

After missing Monday’s tribute ceremony, former President Jimmy Carter will attend Tuesday’s memorial service for Rosalynn, his wife of 77 years.

Rosalynn Carter will be memorialized Tuesday with classical music and beloved hymns, some of her favorite Biblical passages, and a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple […]

The 99-year-old former president is expected to join several other political leaders and their spouses for a tribute to the former first lady.

Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and several former first ladies all gathered in Georgia Tuesday to honor the late Rosalynn Carter.

Former President Jimmy Carter will emerge from hospice care to join a cast of political heavyweights paying tribute on Tuesday to Mrs. Carter, who died at 96 last week at her home in Plains, Ga.