(ThyBlackMan.com) Forty-five years ago, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation designating March 2-8, 1980, as National Women’s History Week.

President Carter and The Carter Center’s efforts are featured in an exhibit, “Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease,” that opened Tuesday at the American Museum of Natural History.

Jimmy Carter at 100 The legacy of the 39th president in U.S. history has been written, rewritten and rewritten again. Here's a look back at the past century in the life of "The Peanut Farmer." ...

Jimmy Carter at 100 The legacy of the 39th president in U.S. history has been written, rewritten and rewritten again. Here's a look back at the past century in the life of "The Peanut Farmer." ...