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Remembering First Lady Rosalynn Carter — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, Thanksgiving Edition [1]

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Date: 2023-11-23

Setting a High Standard

When one talks about First Lady Rosalynn Carter and President Jimmy Carter, the words honesty, humility, and decency immediately come to mind.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talked earlier this year about President Carter and appreciated the fact that after leaving the White House in 1981, the Carters immersed themselves in promoting the cause of democracy at home and around the world without enriching themselves in the process.

x If you save newspaper pages, take a look at the .@mluckovichajc cartoon today about Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter on their marriage milestone in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution https://t.co/3jCk9yLMrI — Brian O'Shea (@bposhea) July 13, 2021

Rosalynn Carter redefined the role of the First Lady. She wasn’t just a political wife smiling adoring at her man. (Nancy Reagan, anyone?) In more ways than one, she was her husband’s equal.

Succeeding first ladies owe her a huge debt of gratitude.

On the 70th marriage anniversary of Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter in 2016, author and journalist Jonathan Alter wrote about this love story in an article for the New Yorker magazine.

The Carters’ Platinum Anniversary The Carter Center has monitored more than a hundred elections around the world, and Jimmy is worried about the impact of voter suppression on this year’s American contest. He was the first major political figure to call the Trump campaign racist. x Rosalynn Carter has died at the age of 96. Jimmy and Rosalynn first saw each other when they were babies in Plains, Georgia. They would go on to marry when Rosalynn was 18, making their marriage the longest in United States’ Presidential history. https://t.co/tku5m8oxru pic.twitter.com/OnZjJCL4q7 — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 19, 2023

Another recent article in the New York Times detailed her enduring contribution to American politics.

Rosalynn Carter Helped Shape the Role of the Modern First Lady Mrs. Carter transformed the unelected, unpaid and sometimes unappreciated position of first lady in ways that reverberate to this day. She had greater ambitions than simply throwing state dinners, she explained, and she paved the way for a new, more enduring view of how a presidential spouse could make a difference. “The first lady role has changed,” she observed. “I don’t think there will ever be another first lady who will be just a hostess and pour tea.” If that is true, Mrs. Carter will have been one of the primary reasons. While she spent only four years in the White House, she transformed the unelected, unpaid and sometimes unappreciated position of first lady in ways that reverberate to this day. By the time she died at age 96 on Sunday at her home in Plains, Ga., she had long since dropped out of public view, but every one of her successors knew how important she was in shaping the role they inherited. Rest in Peace, Rosalynn Carter x pic.twitter.com/nJgefSRo7l — mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) November 20, 2023 Read more about Rosalynn Carter’s last momnents in this CBS News report — Jimmy Carter's last moments with Rosalynn Carter, his partner of almost eight decades

First Lady Rosalynn Carter on “60 Minutes” With Morley Safer — December 11, 1977

In response to a question by CBS journalist Morley Safer, First Lady Rosalynn Carter addresses the fact that many referred to her as a “Steel Magnolia,” an ambitious lady with steely determination and traditional Southern charm* — one who played a major role in propelling her husband to become President of the United States.

Note how deftly she answers Safer without acknowledging or denying the active role she was widely believed to have played in her husband’s political career and his quest for the presidency.

The interview was conducted almost 46 years ago and one should evaluate the questions asked to be reflective of the period when it happened. Times have indeed changed.

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* It brings to mind when a young, newly-elected Congressman in late 1946 from Massachusetts by the name of John F. Kennedy was asked his opinion of Washington, DC as a city. JFK famously replied in his characteristic, understated style of New England humor: “Washington, DC is a city with Northern charm and Southern efficiency.”

Just yesterday I wrote two diaries about JFK. The first one is quite long and covers three of his memorable speeches while looking at his many contributions to American political culture.

A Wonderful First Lady

Attribution for the above cartoon: John Cole @ColeToon

A Long and Happy Marriage

x Caregivers: A new editorial cartoon about former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter from @mluckovichajc. #RosalynnCarter #gapol https://t.co/XijpKHiQmd — Brian O'Shea (@bposhea) May 31, 2023

Saying Goodbye

x First Lady Rosalynn Carter

August 18, 1927 - November 19, 2023

May she rest in peace.

Tribute cartoon by Marshall Ramsey of Mississippi Today pic.twitter.com/5WKaRDujJu — Lacey Hassan (@LaceyLHassan) November 21, 2023

Advance Trip

From President Jimmy Carter

Happy Thanksgiving to All of You

Remember the Good Times

x Sometimes we need help remembering what we’re thankful for. It’s often right in front of us: pic.twitter.com/EvwELy3BtA — Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) November 23, 2023

Whatever you’re doing this evening, I hope you are safe and enjoying the company of family and friends. I’m watching the Commanders-Cowboys game and as I live in Washington, DC you can guess which team I’m rooting for.

We could desperately use a win. The game just ended a few minutes ago. The Commanders did not win on this day! ;)

Just Use Your Discretion on This Day

Those Damn Immigrants

The Truth

x David Horsey, The Seattle Times (20220 @davidhorsey pic.twitter.com/7Bwm5X14dn — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) November 23, 2023

Badly Needed: Masks

An Early Thanksgiving

Generosity Has Its Limits

What Are You Thankful For?

May the Force Be With You

x Surviving Thanksgiving with the family. Apologies to #StarWars pic.twitter.com/oiF2oqG5kN — Dave Whamond (@DaveWhamond) November 16, 2023

Home Sweet Home

x Give thanks for the times you can be together with those you love, even when they frustrate you…https://t.co/Y6iBNSd41H pic.twitter.com/U1XyXuG5zG — The Daily Felltoon (@DailyFelltoon) November 22, 2023

The Last Word

Don’t Let This Happen

x Quick sketch.

Happy Thanksgiving, but please don't let this guy carve!#Thanksgiving pic.twitter.com/XW8y9TayOM — Nick_Anderson_ (@Nick_Anderson_) November 23, 2023

A Worthwhile Wish

x John Darkow, The Columbia Missourian #Thanksgiving pic.twitter.com/QNdRvF5udi — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) November 23, 2023

No Pardon for This Last One Left

x Doug MacGregor, Ft. Meyers News Press pic.twitter.com/6h0gJDZq4A — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) November 23, 2023

It’s a Large Country… Why Not?

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The Day After Thanksgiving

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