At present, there are five living former first ladies: Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter ; Nancy Reagan, widow of Ronald Reagan ; Barbara Bush, wife of George H. W. Bush ; current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton ; and Laura Bush, wife of George W. Bush.

Former First Ladies ( from left to right ) Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Rodham Clinton | Hillary Clinton, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in 2004.

First Ladies Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush ( standing, left to right ), Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Rosalynn Carter, and Betty Ford ( seated, left to right ) at the dedication of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, November 1991

Lady Bird Johnson pioneered environmental protection and beautification ; Pat Nixon encouraged volunteerism and traveled extensively abroad ; Betty Ford supported women's rights ; Rosalynn Carter aided those with mental disabilities ; Nancy Reagan founded the Just Say No drug awareness campaign ; Barbara Bush promoted literacy ; Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reform the healthcare system in the U. S .; and Laura Bush supported women's ' rights groups and encouraged childhood literacy.

Former First Ladies Nancy Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the National Garden Gala, A Tribute to America's First Ladies, May 11, 1994.

It is an exhibit containing red suits worn by former First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush meant to raise awareness by highlighting America's first ladies.

Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter began the fellowships not only to train reporters in how to sensitively and accurately discuss mental health and mental illness, but also to increase the number of stories on these topics in the news media.

Compared to fellow First Ladies when their husbands left office, Reagan's approval was higher than those of Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Rodham Clinton, however she was less popular than Barbara Bush and her disapproval rating was double that of Carter's.

Tanzania's founding leader Julius Nyerere with U. S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter in 1977.

* August 18 – Rosalynn Carter, wife of U. S. President Jimmy Carter

First Lady Rosalynn Carter attended his funeral.

Dedicated to the city by Rosalynn Carter, the Historic Downtown Garland Square has plans for renovations.

With President Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and Amy Carter, 16 June 1977

For example, Jones met with Vice President ( and later Presidential Candidate ) Walter Mondale and First Lady Rosalynn Carter several times.

Later, Burnham stated that Guyana allowed the Temple to operate in the manner it did on the references of Mondale, Rosalynn Carter, and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone.

First Lady Rosalynn Carter also personally met with Jones on multiple occasions, corresponded with him about Cuba, and spoke with him at the grand opening of the San Francisco Democratic Party Headquarters where Jones garnered louder applause than Mrs. Carter.

Eleanor Rosalynn Carter ( born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith ; August 18, 1927 ) is the wife of the former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and in that capacity served as the First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

Rosalynn with her husband and daughter Amy Carter | Amy on the south lawn in front of the White House, July 24, 1977

In January 1977, Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter walked hand-in-hand down Pennsylvania Avenue during his presidential inauguration parade.

Margaret Trudeau ( third from left ) at the White House in 1977, alongside her husband Pierre, Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter.

Image: Carters with Marcel Marceau. jpg | Amy Carter with Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and Marcel Marceau, June 16, 1977

Although their families were acquainted, Rosalynn Carter first dated Jimmy in 1945 while he was serving at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.

Murray Lee Smith ( January 19, 1932 – January 26, 2003 ) was a younger brother of former First Lady Rosalynn Smith Carter ( born August 18, 1927 ).

The original cast was Scott Hamilton, Dorothy Hamill, Toller Cranston, Rosalynn Sumners, Brian Pockar, Lea Ann Miller, Bill Fauver, Lisa Carey, Chris Harrison, Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert.

* In the Washington Post gossip column " The Ear ", Diana McLellan outraged former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter by writing that " word's around Rosalynn's close pals about exactly why the Carters were so sure " that incoming First Lady Nancy Reagan wanted them out prior to the expiration of Carter's term: " They're saying that Blair House, where Nancy was lodging ... was bugged.

Rosalynn returned to the campaign trail, this time on a national quest to gather support for her husband.

Carter is president of the board of directors for the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving ( RCI ) at Georgia Southwestern State University, her alma mater in Americus, Georgia.

Carter joins First Ladies ( left to right ) Nancy Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, and Barbara Bush at the National Garden Gala: A Tribute to America's First Ladies in 1994

Geisel with U. S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, 1978

* 1996: Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter ( former American President and First Lady )

Presidents and First Lady of the United States | First Ladies dedicating the library: Lady Bird Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, George H. W.

Six First Ladies also attended: Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush.

His wife Kit served as Chief of Protocol and Chief of Staff to First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

* Murray Lee Smith ( 1932 – 2003 ), younger brother of former First Lady Rosalynn Smith Carter

Former First Lady of the United States, Rosalynn Carter invited Siti Hasmah to serve on the National Committee of the World Federation of Mental Health which Mrs Carter chaired.

* 1977 – U. S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.

The Lancer / Ace editions ( 1966 – 1977 ), under the direction of de Camp and Lin Carter, were the first comprehensive paperbacks, compiling the material from the Gnome Press series together in chronological order with all the remaining original Howard material, including that left unpublished in his lifetime and fragments and outlines.

* 1977 – Vince Carter, American basketball player

Fraser and President of the United States | U. S President Jimmy Carter in June 1977.

On September 7, 1977, the Torrijos-Carter Treaties were signed by the Panamanian head of state and U. S. President Jimmy Carter for the complete transfer of the Canal and the fourteen US army bases from the US to Panama by 1999.

From 1977 to 1981, during the Carter Administration, Giuliani practiced law at the Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler law firm, as chief of staff to his previous DC boss, Ace Tyler.

Likewise, when Carter Wentworth was charged for his role in the Clamshell Alliance's 1977 illegal occupation of the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant, the judge instructed the jury to disregard his competing harms defense, and he was found guilty.

Walter Frederick " Fritz " Mondale ( born January 5, 1928 ) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States ( 1977 – 1981 ) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota ( 1964 – 1976 ).

Senator Hubert Humphrey with President Jimmy Carter aboard Air Force One in 1977

Following the March 1977 meeting between Rabin and U. S. President Jimmy Carter, Rabin publicly announced that the U. S. supported the Israeli idea of defensible borders ; Carter then issued a clarification.

The position was formed on October 1, 1977 with the creation of the Department of Energy when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act.

Automatic seat belts received a boost in the United States in 1977 when Brock Adams, United States Secretary of Transportation in the Carter Administration, mandated that by 1983 every new car should have either airbags or automatic seat belts despite strong lobbying from the auto industry.

However, he also said that in 1977 United States Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher made a special trip to Sydney to meet with him and told him, on behalf of US President Jimmy Carter, of his willingness to work with whatever government Australians elected, and that the US would never again interfere with Australia's democratic processes.

Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski (, ; born March 28, 1928 ) is a Polish American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.

On August 4, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed into law The Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 (), which created the Department of Energy.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed Alfred E. Kahn, a professor of economics at Cornell University, to be chair of the CAB.

He was an evangelical Christian for one year, converted in 1977 by evangelist Ruth Carter Stapleton, the sister of President Jimmy Carter.

President Carter carefully monitored the work of the SCC, which met with increasing frequency from 1977 to 1979.

Mansfield retired from the Senate in 1976, and was appointed Ambassador to Japan in April 1977 by Jimmy Carter, a role he retained during the Reagan administration until 1988.