Jimmy Carter Leadership Style
Jimmy Carter was a natural-born leader and hard worker. He served as 39th President of the United States, from 1977 to 1981. Carter is still alive today and has 4 children. When Jimmy was just ten he would load his family's produce onto a wagon and haul it into town to sell it. By the time Carter was 14 he had enough money to buy 5 houses, because of the Great Depression the housing market dropped. So he fixed them up and rented them out to families in need. While Jimmy Carter was president he worked to improve equality for gays, women, and minorities, along with working on environmental issues.
The website PBS.org says that Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924 to peanut farmer parents who lived in Plains, Georgia. Based on information from MillerCenter.org Jimmy's mother, Lillian Carter, was a nurse, but she quit after she found out she was pregnant. After she had her baby she became very curious about the world, so she crossed the lines of segregation and counseled African-American women about health care. Jimmy's father, Earl Carter owned a small store and warehouse just outside of Plains, Georgia. After the affairs of WW II many …show more content…
Carter is one of the most active former presidents known in the history of America. The Carter Center is an organization Jimmy setup in order to wage peace across the world and to develop human rights issues. Along with setting up his own charities Carter has published many books, most about how to make peace in the middle east. He also won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Carter won the prize because he worked to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, advances in human rights and democracy. He also promoted social and economic development. Some people say Carter’s time in office was not well spent, but in reality he was working on important problems that are still happening
The website PBS.org says that Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924 to peanut farmer parents who lived in Plains, Georgia. Based on information from MillerCenter.org Jimmy's mother, Lillian Carter, was a nurse, but she quit after she found out she was pregnant. After she had her baby she became very curious about the world, so she crossed the lines of segregation and counseled African-American women about health care. Jimmy's father, Earl Carter owned a small store and warehouse just outside of Plains, Georgia. After the affairs of WW II many …show more content…
Carter is one of the most active former presidents known in the history of America. The Carter Center is an organization Jimmy setup in order to wage peace across the world and to develop human rights issues. Along with setting up his own charities Carter has published many books, most about how to make peace in the middle east. He also won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Carter won the prize because he worked to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, advances in human rights and democracy. He also promoted social and economic development. Some people say Carter’s time in office was not well spent, but in reality he was working on important problems that are still happening