Rosalynn Carter

Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born on August 18, 1927 in Plains, Georgia. She was the eldest of four children of Wilburn Edgar Smith, an auto mechanic and farmer, and Frances Allethea "Allie" Murray Smith, a dressmaker. Her brothers were William Jerrold "Jerry" Smith (1929–2003), an engineer, and Murray Lee Smith (1932–2003), a teacher and minister. Her sister, Lillian Allethea (Smith) Wall (born 1936), named for Lillian Gordy Carter, is a real estate broker. Rosalynn was named after Rosa, her maternal grandmother. The family lived in poverty, although Carter later claimed that she and her siblings were unaware, since even though their family "didn\'t have money," neither did "anyone else, so as far as we knew, we were well off." Churches and schools were at the center of her family\'s community, and the people of Plains were familiar with each other. Carter played with the boys during her…