is lynn smith was born in the small town of plains, georgia in 1927. her next door neighbor, a 3 year old jimmy carter. the 1st day rosen was alive. i went over the next door to look at the little girl who had a newborn baby on the street. so i have known her ever since the 1st day. she was born, the daughter of an auto mechanic. she faced tragedy at a young age. my father died when i was 13. i was oldest of 4 children. i had 2 brothers and a little sister, 4 years old. my mother had never written a check, and it was a difficult time for us. but i was put in charge of the little children, and that that was towards she married carter when she was 18 years old. while raising her 4 children, she campaign for her husband to become the governor of georgia. and later, the 39th president of the united states in 1977. so help me god in her role is firstly, she lobbied for more government help for people with mental illness and for senior citizens. and she actively supported the equal rights amendment for women, which eventually found so did jimmy carter's re e

smith, iowa city. >> an inspiration indeed. our thanks to harry for that. this week we also highlight another life well lived. back in the 19 50s lynnian and realized this wasn't how he wanted to spend the rest of his life. he moved to washington, d.c., and eventually founded the d.c. youth orchestra program. unlike other youth orchestras, students didn't have to audition to join but they did have to commit to intense rehearsals on school nights, on saturdays and over the summer. the results, world-class musicians, many of them minority students who otherwise wouldn't have had the chance to join an orchestra like this. >> we have kids who spend an hour and a half, two hours almost, getting here from virginia, maryland. they don't have any problem because they know they're coming to something they like. >> the d.c. youth orchestra program welcomed more than 50,000 students. in fact, "the washington post" reported mcclain's program had trained a quarter of minority musicians working back in the '90s. despite operating on a very tight budget, mcclain took his orchestra to perform at the kennedy center, the white house, and all over the