Visitors to Carter Presidential Center honor Rosalynn Carter

(20 Nov 2023)
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Atlanta – 20 November 2023
1.Various memorial portraits of Rosalynn Carter
HEADLINE: Rosalynn Carter Honored at Carter Museum
2. Pan of memorial table inside Carter museum
ANNOTATION: Visitors flocked to the Carter Presidential Museum and Library Monday to pay their respects to Rosalynn Carter.
3. Memorial portrait of Rosalynn Carter
ANNOTATION: The former first lady died Sunday at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died after living with dementia and many months of declining health.
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pauline Jennett, Visitor:
“The support that the president relied on with the first lady - I think she was a role model for women for the past and for the future and I just wanted to come here today to honor her.”
5. Memorial portrait of Rosalynn Carter
ANNOTATION: Visitors to the museum say they were inspired by Rosalynn Carter's human rights advocacy, mental health initiatives, and support of her husband.
6. Close up of condolence book
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Green, Visitor:
“Happily, mental health is more openly talked about, but I think she was really a pioneer in that field. She was one of the first people to really say that, anybody who is not ok should be able to say they’re not ok and get the help that they need and deserve, and it took a lot for her to do that, and what a great legacy she leaves in that sense.”
8. Wide shot of Carter Presidential Center sign
ANNOTATION: Ceremonies celebrating the life of Rosalynn Carter will take place after the Thanksgiving holiday in Atlanta and Sumter County, Georgia.
9. VARIOUS of Chalkboard that says “We love you Mrs. Carter – RIP”
ANNOTATION: Former president Jimmy Carter, now 99, remains at the couple’s home in Plains after entering hospice care himself in February.
STORYLINE:
Visitors flocked to the Carter Presidential Museum and Library in Atlanta Monday to pay their respects to Rosalynn Carter.

The former first lady died Sunday at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died after living with dementia and many months of declining health.

“I think she was a role model for women past and present and I just wanted to come here today to honor her,” said Atlanta resident Pauline Jennett.

Visitors to the museum say they were inspired by Rosalynn Carter's human rights advocacy, mental health initiatives, and support of her husband.

“Mental health is more openly talked about, but I think she was a pioneer in that field," said Brendan Green, a visitor from Illinois.

Ceremonies celebrating the life of Rosalynn Carter will take place after the Thanksgiving holiday in Atlanta and Sumter County, Georgia.

Former president Jimmy Carter, now 99, remains at the couple’s home in Plains after entering hospice care himself in February.

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