Lillian Gordy Carter Lillian Gordy Carter Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter (August 15, 1898 – October 30, 1983) was the mother of former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. She was also known for her contributions to nursing in her home state of Georgia and as a Peace Corps volunteer in India as well as writing two books during the Carter presidency. Carter was born Bessie Lillian Gordy on August 15, 1898 in Richland, Georgia, to James Jackson Gordy (1863–1948) and Mary Ida Nicholson Gordy (1871–1951). She was the niece of Berry Gordy, Sr., who was the paternal half-brother of James Jackson Gordy
Lillian D. Rock Lillian D. Rock Lillian D. Rock (1896-1974) was an American lawyer and political activist. Rock is best remembered as the founder in 1935 of the League for a Woman President and Vice President. Lillian D. Rock was born August 6, 1896 in New York City to Joel Rock and the former Ida Libby Gross. Following high school she obtained an undergraduate degree before enrolling in Brooklyn Law School, from which she graduated in 1923. She passed the New York state bar exam in 1925 and entered practice with her brother Nathaniel as part of the New York City law firm