America’s Living First Ladies Pay Tribute to One of Their Own

From Jill Biden to Hillary Clinton, warm remembrances celebrate Rosalynn Carter.

First Ladies (from left) Nancy Reagan, Ladybird Johnson, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, and Barbara Bush sit together at the National Garden Gala, 'A Tribute to America's First Ladies. This picture was taken one week before the death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on May 11, 1994. (Credit: National Archives and Records Administration)

Tributes continue to pour in for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, 96, who died Sunday in her home, six months after receiving a dementia diagnosis and two days after it was announced she was in hospice. America’s sitting and post-White House first ladies were among the first heartfelt condolences.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden says Rosalynn Carter walked her own path and, along the way inspired a nation and world. 

“My love is with the entire Carter family, as they, and we, grieve our dearest Rosalynn,” Biden says in a statement on social media.