They are the longest-married first couple ever.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-married first couple ever as both nonagenarians face significant health challenges.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been on the American and international stage together for a half-century. What they described as "full partnership" began years earlier in the Carter family farm business before his political career and their decades of global humanitarian work since leaving the White House in 1981 and establishing The Carter Center the following year.
Rosalynn Carter, meanwhile, took her signature policy issue - mental health treatment and advocacy - beyond the White House and established an annual fellowship for journalists to concentrate on mental health reporting. She also advocated widely for better services for caregivers, a focus the Carter family highlighted earlier this year when they announced the former first lady had dementia.
The Carters married July 7, 1946, in their hometown of Plains. But their relationship extends to the cradle. The future president, who became an advocate for women's rights and nominated more women and non-white people to federal posts than any of his predecessors, later called it inconceivable that he did not consult his wife. Yet over the ensuing years, Rosalynn Carter became a key partner in the family business.
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