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Outside, darkness had fallen fast. Rosalynn Carter, in slacks and a white ribbed sweater, stood over the sink in the nearby kitchen, peeling some squash for dinner. Several times she stepped back inside the den just to hear the names. Amy Carter burst into her father's study at one point, and Carter, with great delight, showed her his new white speaker telephone that plugged directly into the White House switchboard. She immediately called a neighborhood friend on the phone, and Carter and Jordan watched with amusement as she pretended she needed a school assignment...
...Rosalynn brought in some tea, and as Carter began chewing on the lemon at the bottom of his mug, he told Jordan that after all these months he still didn't really have any idea whether Congressman Andy Young wanted a Cabinet...
...Mexico City, Rosalynn displayed the even temperament and stamina she had shown on the campaign trail. Nothing seemed to throw her off stride, not even the 7,349-ft. altitude of Mexico City, which does in many tourists, nor a rash of antigovernment bombings that erupted just before her arrival. During LÓpez Portillo's inaugural speech in the National Auditorium, Rosalynn applauded as the new President appealed for unity and austerity to solve Mexico's deepening economic problems...
...Anthropology, Mrs. Carter showed knowledge of pre-Hispanic culture-and a ready sense of humor. Pointing to an Indian mural that included a figure with circles issuing from its mouth, Museum Director Dr. Ignacio Bernal jokingly explained, "We call him the politician-the circles represent speech." "Oh," said Rosalynn. "You know, when Jimmy is talking too long, I often look for a signal to give him to stop. Maybe this is what I'm looking...
...Rosalynn Carter may well turn out to be an active presidential wife in the mold of Eleanor Roosevelt, her heroine. "There are so many things that need to be done," she says. "It excites me to think that I could help." She is working with the National Association for Mental Health, and she wants to improve programs for the elderly. She has also promised to "do what I can" to help pass the long-stalled Equal Rights Amendment. She very likely will sit in occasionally on Cabinet meetings and expects to hold issue-oriented press conferences...