Some two decades after leaving the White House, Rosalynn Carter reflected on the criticism she generated for expanding the role of a first lady.
“The first lady role has changed,” she observed.
Mrs. Carter pushed the boundaries that had constrained most of her predecessors.
Nancy Reagan recalled in her memoir a “chill in her manner” when Mrs. Carter showed her around the White House following the 1980 election when Ronald Reagan defeated Mr. Carter.
Dr. Biden “isn’t an activist first lady” in the way that Mrs. Carter was, said Mr. LaRosa, the former aide to the current first lady.
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