‘A Champion For Equal Rights’: The Bidens Pay Tribute To Rosalynn Carter | EUROtoday

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden launched an announcement on Sunday night time honoring the lifetime of the late former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who died earlier that day at age 96.

Carter died peacefully and surrounded by household, in accordance with The Carter Center, after a protracted life advocating for psychological well being care, caregivers and girls’s rights. She helped revolutionize the workplace of the primary girl together with her political activism whereas her husband, Jimmy Carter, served as president.

In their assertion, the Bidens stated that Rosalynn Carter “walked her own path, inspiring a nation and the world along the way.”

“She was a champion for equal rights and opportunities for women and girls; and advocate for mental health and wellness for every person; and a supporter of the often unseen and uncompensated caregivers of our children, aging loved ones, and people with disabilities.”

Earlier this month, Carter had joined her husband in getting into hospice care, after she was identified with dementia within the spring. The Carters had been married for 77 years, and Jimmy Carter honored his late spouse on Sunday by saying she was his “equal partner in everything I ever accomplished.”

“Above all, the deep love shared between Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter is the definition of partnership, and their humble leadership is the definition of patriotism,” the Bidens stated. “She lived her life by her faith.”

The Bidens are amongst a number of politicians ― together with former presidents ― and Georgia leaders who’ve paid tribute to Rosalynn Carter’s legacy. The president and first girl stated they at all times felt Carter’s “hope, warmth and optimism” throughout their greater than 4 a long time of friendship, “through rigors of campaigns, through the darkness of deep and profound loss.”

“On behalf of a grateful nation, we send our love to President Carter, the entire Carter family, and the countless people across our nation and the world whose lives are better, fuller and brighter because of the life and legacy of Rosalynn Carter,” the Bidens stated.

“May God bless our dear friend. May God bless a great American.”