Photojournalism and the American Presidency - Jimmy Carter, Thirty-Ninth President

	Photograph by: Diana Walker, 1979
	First Lady Rosalynn Carter visits Cambodian refugees at the Sa Kaew camp in Thailand. Commenting about this photo in Diana Walker's book, Public & Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency, Mrs. Carter said, "This was devastating to me. The refugees had just come in from Cambodia to the Thailand border. I picked up a baby and put it down on a blanket on the ground. They started crying and when I turned around the baby had died."

	"Traveling With The First Lady", Diana Walker - transcript

	Did you know?
	The First Lady often acts as an ambassador on behalf of her husband and her country. This was especially true of Mrs. Carter, who made numerous national and international trips without the President as he stayed near Washington to deal with the Iranian hostage crisis. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants took approximately 70 Americans captive after storming the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The hostages were held captive for 444 days and had a profound impact on the Carter presidency.