STAT November 21, 2023
Few people leave the world with as much grace or influence as Rosalynn Smith Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96. While she called her autobiography “The First Lady of Plains,” to many she was also the first lady of mental health reform. Decades ago, she took bold stances on mental health topics that, today, have become conventional wisdom: Mental health is health, stigma is deadly, and people with mental illness deserve to be part of society instead of hidden away in overcrowded, dangerous facilities.
Her leadership in this critical issue began in Georgia, when a young Jimmy Carter was elected to the state senate, and continued for decades; only recently did she step back from the Carter...
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