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/><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_College_%26_State_University" title="Georgia College & State University">Georgia State College for Women</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Methodist_University" title="Methodist University">Methodist University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina,_Chapel_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Evangelism" title="Evangelism">Evangelism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Robert Stapleton</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1948)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Carter_Sr." title="James Earl Carter Sr.">James Earl Carter Sr.</a> (father)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Gordy_Carter" title="Lillian Gordy Carter">Bessie Gordy</a> (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Carter_Spann" title="Gloria Carter Spann">Gloria Carter Spann</a> (sister)<br /><a href="/wiki/Billy_Carter" title="Billy Carter">Billy Carter</a> (brother)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jack_Carter_(politician)" title="Jack Carter (politician)">Jack Carter</a> (nephew)<br />Chip Carter (nephew)<br />Donnel Carter (nephew)<br /><a href="/wiki/Amy_Carter" title="Amy Carter">Amy Carter</a> (niece)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ruth Carter Stapleton</b> (<i><a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a></i> <b>Carter</b>; August 7, 1929 – September 26, 1983) was an American Christian <a href="/wiki/Evangelism" title="Evangelism">evangelist</a>. She was the younger sister of United States President <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter" title="Rosalynn Carter">Rosalynn Carter</a>’s best friend. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruth_Carter_Stapleton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ruth Carter Stapleton was born on August 7, 1929, in <a href="/wiki/Plains,_Georgia" title="Plains, Georgia">Plains, Georgia</a>, the third of the four children in the family of <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Carter,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="James Earl Carter, Sr.">James Earl Carter, Sr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lillian_Gordy_Carter" title="Lillian Gordy Carter">Lillian Gordy Carter</a>. </p><p>Besides the former president, Stapleton had an older sister, <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Carter_Spann" title="Gloria Carter Spann">Gloria</a> (1926–1990), and a younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Carter" title="Billy Carter">Billy</a> (1937–1988). All three of them died of <a href="/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer" title="Pancreatic cancer">pancreatic cancer</a>, as did their father.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education,_career,_and_family"><span id="Education.2C_career.2C_and_family"></span>Education, career, and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruth_Carter_Stapleton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education, career, and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stapleton attended <a href="/wiki/Georgia_College_%26_State_University" title="Georgia College & State University">Georgia State College for Women</a>, earned her bachelor's in English from <a href="/wiki/Methodist_University" title="Methodist University">Methodist University</a>, and her master's in psychology from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a>. </p><p>Stapleton married Robert Thome Stapleton (1925–2014),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Veterinarian" title="Veterinarian">veterinarian</a>, in 1948 and they had four children: Gloria Lynn (born May 31, 1950), Sydney Scott (December 23, 1951 – December 13, 2019), Patricia Gordy (born May 29, 1954) and Robert Michael (born November 5, 1958). Stapleton suffered from chronic depression,<sup id="cite_ref-Dreifus_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dreifus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was involved in a car accident that nearly killed her during the time immediately following her children's births.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said she was later cured of depression at a "Christ-centered camp".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1977, she became friends with pornographer <a href="/wiki/Larry_Flynt" title="Larry Flynt">Larry Flynt</a> and managed to briefly convert him to Christianity. She was portrayed during this portion of Flynt's life by <a href="/wiki/Donna_Hanover" title="Donna Hanover">Donna Hanover</a> in the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_People_vs._Larry_Flynt" title="The People vs. Larry Flynt">The People vs. Larry Flynt</a></i>. </p><p>Stapleton was also known for her involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Faith_healing" title="Faith healing">faith-healing ministry</a>, especially in healing memories. Her books <i>The Gift of Inner Healing</i>, <i>The Experience of Inner Healing</i>, and <i>In His Footsteps: The Healing Ministry of Jesus, Then and Now</i>, illustrate her beliefs about inner healing, which involved healing memories, in which one would go over one's memories and bring Jesus into the memory to help one forgive or be comforted as required by Jesus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruth_Carter_Stapleton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stapleton died of <a href="/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer" title="Pancreatic cancer">pancreatic cancer</a> on September 26, 1983, aged 54.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One month after her death, her mother died of <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a>, aged 85. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruth_Carter_Stapleton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFStapleton1968" class="citation book cs1">Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1968). <i>Power Through Release</i>. Macalester Park Pub. Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Power+Through+Release&rft.pub=Macalester+Park+Pub.+Co&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Stapleton&rft.aufirst=Ruth+Carter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuth+Carter+Stapleton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStapleton1973" class="citation book cs1">Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inhisfootstepshe00stap"><i>In His Footsteps</i></a>. Harper & Row. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-067516-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-067516-0"><bdi>0-06-067516-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+His+Footsteps&rft.pub=Harper+%26+Row&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=0-06-067516-0&rft.aulast=Stapleton&rft.aufirst=Ruth+Carter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finhisfootstepshe00stap&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuth+Carter+Stapleton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStapleton1976" class="citation book cs1">Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1976). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/giftofinnerheali0000stap"><i>The Gift of Inner Healing</i></a></span>. Word Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8499-0082-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-8499-0082-4"><bdi>0-8499-0082-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Gift+of+Inner+Healing&rft.pub=Word+Books&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-8499-0082-4&rft.aulast=Stapleton&rft.aufirst=Ruth+Carter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgiftofinnerheali0000stap&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuth+Carter+Stapleton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStapleton1978" class="citation book cs1">Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/brotherbilly00stap"><i>Brother Billy</i></a>. Harper & Row. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-014063-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-014063-1"><bdi>0-06-014063-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Brother+Billy&rft.pub=Harper+%26+Row&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-06-014063-1&rft.aulast=Stapleton&rft.aufirst=Ruth+Carter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbrotherbilly00stap&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuth+Carter+Stapleton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStapleton1979" class="citation book cs1">Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_0553120476"><i>The Experience of Inner Healing</i></a>. Bantam Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-553-12047-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-553-12047-9"><bdi>978-0-553-12047-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Experience+of+Inner+Healing&rft.pub=Bantam+Books&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=978-0-553-12047-9&rft.aulast=Stapleton&rft.aufirst=Ruth+Carter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_0553120476&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuth+Carter+Stapleton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStapleton1979" class="citation book cs1">Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inhisfootstepshe00stap"><i>In His Footsteps : The Healing Ministry of Jesus, Then and Now</i></a>. Harper and Row. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-067516-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-067516-5"><bdi>978-0-06-067516-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+His+Footsteps+%3A+The+Healing+Ministry+of+Jesus%2C+Then+and+Now&rft.pub=Harper+and+Row&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=978-0-06-067516-5&rft.aulast=Stapleton&rft.aufirst=Ruth+Carter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finhisfootstepshe00stap&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuth+Carter+Stapleton" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruth_Carter_Stapleton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFolkart1990" class="citation web cs1">Folkart, Burt A. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-02-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Robert+T.+Stapleton+%26%23124%3B+Obituaries&rft.pub=fayobserver.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fayobserver.com%2Fobituaries%2Farticle_4573cdad-4a2c-520a-8ea7-8e03a4d37db2.html%3Fmode%3Djqm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuth+Carter+Stapleton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dreifus-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Dreifus_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDreifus,_Claudia1979" class="citation news cs1">Dreifus, Claudia (February 11, 1979). 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,955249,00.html">the original</a> on May 13, 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=DIED&rft.date=1983-10-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2F0%2C9171%2C955249%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARuth+Carter+Stapleton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruth_Carter_Stapleton&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2735"><i>Georgia Encyclopedia</i></a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/14/us/carter-s-sister-faces-cancer.html">"Carter's Sister Faces Cancer"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. 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title="Torrijos–Carter Treaties">Torrijos–Carter Treaties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw" title="Operation Eagle Claw">Operation Eagle Claw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Caper" title="Canadian Caper">Canadian Caper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter%27s_engagement_with_Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Jimmy Carter's engagement with Ruhollah Khomeini">Engagement with Ruhollah Khomeini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_oil_crisis" title="1979 oil crisis">1979 oil crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War">Support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Communiqu%C3%A9_on_the_Establishment_of_Diplomatic_Relations" title="Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations">Diplomatic relations with 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Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_Institutions_Regulatory_and_Interest_Rate_Control_Act_of_1978" title="Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978">Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Right_to_Financial_Privacy_Act" title="Right to Financial Privacy Act">Right to Financial Privacy Act</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey%E2%80%93Hawkins_Full_Employment_Act" title="Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act">Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superfund" title="Superfund">Superfund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_Mining_Control_and_Reclamation_Act_of_1977" title="Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977">Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_at_the_White_House" title="Solar power at the White House">Solar power at the White House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident" title="Three Mile Island accident">Three Mile Island accident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Presidential transition of Ronald Reagan">Presidential transition of Ronald Reagan</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Carter_cropped.jpg/100px-Carter_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Carter_cropped.jpg/150px-Carter_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Carter_cropped.jpg/200px-Carter_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1155" data-file-height="1490" /></span></span><br /><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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title="Island of Stability (speech)">Island of Stability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Crisis_of_Confidence_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="A Crisis of Confidence speech">A Crisis of Confidence</a></li> <li>State of the Union Addresses <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1978 State of the Union Address">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1979 State of the Union Address">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1980 State of the Union Address">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1981 State of the Union Address">1981</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Electoral history of Jimmy Carter">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Georgia gubernatorial elections <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1966_Georgia_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Georgia gubernatorial election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Georgia_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Georgia gubernatorial election">1970</a></li></ul></li> <li>Presidential campaigns <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_1976_presidential_campaign" title="Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_1980_presidential_campaign" title="Jimmy Carter 1980 presidential campaign">1980</a></li></ul></li> <li>Democratic Party presidential primaries <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries">1980</a></li></ul></li> <li>Democratic National Conventions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1972 Democratic National 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