Today in American history…former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was born on August 18, 1927 in Plains, Georgia.

Rosalynn Carter was well known for her advocacy work with mental health and caregiver issues.

Some other interesting facts about her life are:

✔️ One of her favorite things to do was to go fly fishing.

✔️Mrs. Carter has a rose, an orchid, a camellia and an azalea named for her.

✔️Was valedictorian of her Plains High School graduating class.

✔️President Jimmy Carter’s mother helped to deliver Rosalynn Carter into the world in the house next door to his home (the families were neighbors). Three year old Jimmy Carter met baby Rosalynn soon afterwards.

✔️Mrs. Carter was an honorary chair of the Last Acts Campaign to improve end of life care and was an early advocate for the hospice movement and palliative care.

✔️Mrs. Carter was a key advocate for passage of legislation during the Carter administration requiring vaccinations for school children.

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In honor of Mrs. Carter’s birthday today, I made a delicious Strawberry Cake and used her own personal recipe.

The cake is so moist and delicious. If you love strawberries this is the perfect cake for you – it’s filled with them! 🍓

You can serve it plain but wow it is extra delicious and yummy with homemade whipped cream too! Or maybe even a scoop of vanilla (or strawberry!) ice cream 😋

In the written recipe, it says to use an angel food cake pan. I’ve made this cake previously and a Bundt pan would work perfectly too.