Lillian Gordy Carter Nursing in honor of the work she did in India. The Atlanta Regional Office of the Peace Corps has named an award in her honor for volunteers over 50 who make the biggest contribution. When Jimmy Carter decided to run for president, his mother was one of the first people he told. He was initially regarded as a dark horse candidate for the Democratic Party nomination. Lillian Carter was well known as "Miss Lillian" and she published two books during his Presidency, "Miss Lillian and Friends" and "Away from Home: Letters to my Family", both published in 1977. The latter
Lillian Roxon and other papers, donated by her family and her close friend, the film producer, Margaret Fink. Lillian Roxon died at the age of 41 on 10 August 1973, after suffering a severe asthma attack in her New York apartment. She was survived by two brothers Jack and Milo. Both parents predeceased her and she never married or had children. Her niece, Nicola Roxon, the former Australian politician, was the federal Attorney-General 2012–13. In August 2002, a biography of Lillian Roxon was published in Australia by Black Inc.: "Lillian Roxon, Mother of Rock", written by the Sydney-based journalist and author Robert