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Photo of former First Lady and mental health advocate Rosalynn Carter addressing participants in the 2006 Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy.

Place: Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.
Date: Nov. 8, 2006
Credit: The Carter Center

The late former First Lady Rosalynn Carter addresses participants in the 2006 Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy at The Carter Center in Atlanta.

Until her death at age 96 in 2023, Mrs. Carter worked for five decades to improve the quality of life for people with mental illnesses. Co-founder of The Carter Center with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Mrs. Carter chaired the Center's Mental Health Task Force, an advisory body of experts, advocates, and consumers of mental health services that promotes positive change in the mental health field.

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