Despite enjoying a rural lifestyle on Arkansas’s remote Petit Jean Mountain, Jeannette and her family could not escape the people’s curiosity thanks to the famous Rockefeller last name. National news reporters kept track of the famous couple by conducting home interviews and photographing them at glamorous events.
Such publicity allowed Jeannette to promote her passionate commitment to educating the American public on the seriousness of mental illness. She gave numerous speeches and made many pubic appearances away from the comfort of Winrock Farms to promote the National Alliance for Mental Illness, Inc., among other causes.
(Jeannette’s papers are available as a part of the Winthrop Rockefeller Collection (ualr.ms.0001). Find out more by visiting the finding aid online.)
