Visitors at Carter Presidential Center pay respects to Rosalynn Carter

(20 Nov 2023)

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Atlanta – 20 November 2023
1. Pan of memorial table inside Carter Museum
2. Various memorial portraits of Rosalynn Carter
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Pauline Jennett, Visitor:
“When I read where Dr. King’s daughter said about the correlation and intimacy between her mother and Rosalynn Carter and how much she was involved in the Civil Rights era, and the work she’s done with mental health – she was really an icon.”
4. Various memorial portraits of Rosalynn Carter
5. Close up of condolence book
6. 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 present and I just wanted to come here today to honor her.”
7.Sign asking people to sign condolence book
8. Wide shot of Carter Presidential Center sign
9. Chalkboard that says “We love you Mrs. Carter – RIP”
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Green, Visitor:
“One of the things that I think is best about president and Mrs. Carter is my job is that I’m a high school guidance counselor and I work a lot with mental health, and I don’t think there was ever a greater champion for mental health than Mrs. Carter.”
11. Pan of chalkboard with “We love you Mrs. Carter” written
12. Carter presidential center sign
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Green, Visitor:
“Mental health is more openly talked about, but I think she was 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.”
14. Various flowers left at sign
15. Fountain in front of museum
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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