Story by Mandy Barr
Photography by David Parks
Upon entering the cozy apartment inside The Carter Center, I reminded myself I shouldn’t be nervous. After all, I was interviewing someone I had known my entire life—but it felt like so much more than a simple exchange of words was about to take place. I wasn’t just writing an article about my great Aunt Rosalynn; rather I was writing about Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, a woman who has been acknowledged in history books as being a true trail blazer both inside and beyond the walls of the White House. As soon as she came into the study and hugged my mother and me, my anxiety was 10
Sumter county Living
Home & Community Growing up as a young woman in rural South Georgia, Rosalynn Carter began to learn the importance of community involvement at a young age. As a town that most people would affectionately say is “stuck back in time,” Plains has always provided a safe and inclusive environment that still allows its children to play freely throughout its neighborhoods.