Amy Carter

Amy Lynn Carter Wentzel (born October 19, 1967) is the only daughter of U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn.

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October 19 - 1967 - U.S. president - Jimmy Carter - Rosalynn

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Amy was born and raised, until her father's presidency, in Plains, Georgia, with her father serving as governor of the state for much of the period. She had three brothers who were roughly 15 to 20 years older than her.

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She aged from 9 years to 13 while living at the White House, and was the subject of much media attention, given that young children had not lived in the White House since the presidency of John F. Kennedy.

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White House - John F. Kennedy

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Carter later became known for her political activism, participating in a number of sit ins and protests during the 1980s and early 1990s, aimed at changing U.S. foreign policy towards South Africa and Central America. Along with activist Abbie Hoffman and thirteen others, she was arrested during a 1987 demonstration at University of Massachusetts, for protesting CIA recruitment at that institution. The charges were later dropped. This occurred during her first year at Brown University.

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Sit in - 1980s - 1990s - Foreign policy - South Africa - Central America - Abbie Hoffman - 1987 - University of Massachusetts - CIA - Brown University

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She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA) from the Memphis College of Art and a master's degree from Tulane University.

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Bachelor of Fine Arts - Memphis College of Art - Master's degree - Tulane University

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Carter collaborated with her father on the 1995 children's book The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer, with him writing the story and her illustrating it.

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1995 - The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer

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In September 1996, she married computer consultant James Gregory Wentzel, whom she had met while attending Tulane. The couple moved to the Atlanta area, where they focused on raising their son Hugo James Wentzel (born July 29, 1999). From the late 1990s on, Carter has maintained a relatively low profile lifestyle, not granting interviews, though she is a board member of her father's human rights organization, the Carter Center.

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1996 - Atlanta - July 29 - 1999 - 1990s - Carter Center

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