Remembering Rosalynn Carter, Former First Lady & Pioneering Advocate for Mental Health Journalism

We look at former first lady Rosalynn Carter's decadeslong advocacy for mental healthcare in the United States. She died November 19 at the age of 96. Carter campaigned for legislation forcing health insurance to cover mental healthcare and fought to remove stigma around the topic through a fellowship program for journalists. There are hundreds of fellows that were inspired by Mrs. Carter, and that has led to a sea change," says Aaron Glantz, award-winning journalist and former Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism. There was no established beat for mental health in journalism, and she's utterly changed that.