Remembering Jimmy Carter: Insights From Interviewing The Former President About His Dedication To Women’s Equality
Originally published by Marianne Schnall for Forbes
I, along with so many others, was saddened to learn about the passing of activist, author, and 39th President of the U.S. Jimmy Carter, who died yesterday at the age of 100.
Since leaving the White House in 1981, Carter had been one of our most active presidents. In 1982, he and his wife Rosalynn Carter founded The Carter Center, dedicated to advancing peace and health worldwide. President Carter authored 32 books, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his “decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights and to promote economic and social development.” For over four decades, he continued a life of charitable work and public service, working with Habitat for Humanity building homes for those in need, as well as working for peace and diplomacy around the world.
What was perhaps less well known about President Carter was his additional dedication to what at one point he called “the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge” of our time: the global discrimination and abuse of women and girls.