New Carter book tells life of 'remarkable mother'
ATLANTA (AP) - In the moments following Jimmy Carter's 1977 inauguration as president, a reporter asked his mother if she was proud of her son.
The always colorful Lillian Carter thought for a moment before responding: "Which one?"
Known to most of the world as "Miss Lillian," the Carter family matriarch was her eldest son's secret weapon during his presidential campaign and his time in the White House. She became the nation's "First Mama," representing the U.S. on trips abroad when Jimmy Carter or his wife, Rosalynn, couldn't attend.......
She campaigned for Democrats even though her husband, Earl, who died in 1953, was a Republican.
After his death, she worked for eight years as a house mother at an Auburn University fraternity and worked on political campaigns for candidates who supported civil and human rights.
At age 68, she volunteered for the Peace Corps as a nurse in India. For two years she worked with lepers in a clinic......
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