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 Goodwin three grades of noncommissioned military officers. She worked up to 12 hours a day at the inception of GEICO. Lillian Goodwin Lillian Goodwin was an American businesswoman who co-founded GEICO with her husband Leo Goodwin, Sr. in 1936. She was married to Leo Goodwin, Sr. and mother to Leo Goodwin, Jr. She moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the 1960s. She died in 1970. Lillian Goodwin worked alongside her husband to launch GEICO and took an active role in virtually all aspects of the early operation. Lillian, a bookkeeper by profession, took on the accounting tasks but also worked to