Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter (40 page)

Dr. Lawrence, and,
80
,
81

Rosemary/Joe Kennedy Sr. and,
80–81
,
82

Rose’s obstetrician/Rosemary’s birth and,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
80
,
81

children and,
100–101

description/background,
63–64

financial disparity and,
64
,
67

New Deal programs and,
95–96
,
97

stock market crash (1929) and,
50
,
62
,
95–96

British Army/death,
181
,
183
,
184

family of,
181
,
183
,
186

Kick Kennedy/interfaith marriage and,
181–82

as Kennedy family nurse,
102
,
112
,
122
,
158
,
161

Rosemary and,
101
,
136
,
139–40
,
158

aggression in Europe,
97
,
116

Catholics and,
75

disabled/sterilization programs and,
74
,
75
,
133

rise of,
73–74

Great Depression and,
101

Joe Kennedy Sr. and,
47–48
,
62

school of,
88

turning down Rosemary/Rose,
92–94

program description,
88

Rosemary and,
88–90
,
92–94

decision difficulties,
45–46
,
56

descriptions/abuse,
55–56
,
186

women and,
165

background/description,
116
,
118
,
121
,
125
,
235

Rosemary and,
116
,
125
,
127–28
,
148

Joe Kennedy Jr./Sr. and,
74
,
75
,
116

persecution beginnings (1930s),
73–74

assassination,
205
,
208
,
221

birth/childhood,
47
,
62
,
115
,
173

in England/travels,
115

Kick’s interfaith marriage and,
182

marriage,
193

Rosemary and,
135

birth/childhood,
31
,
68
,
104
,
115
,
116
,
121
,
173

in England/travels,
104
,
115
,
116

First Communion,
121

Rosemary’s disappearance and,
176

as senator/disabled champion,
226–27
,
236

sponsors HIPAA,
236

birth/childhood,
39
,
40
,
41
,
49
,
59
,
66
,
68
,
102–3

boarding school,
59
,
101–2
,
173

court presentation,
109

descriptions,
113
,
140

European tour,
91

health issues,
177
,
178

Kick’s interfaith marriage and,
182

marriage to Shriver,
193

on parents,
63

on Rosemary,
53
,
58
,
79
,
124

Rosemary and,
66–67
,
91
,
135
,
137
,
138
,
140
,
222

Rosemary’s disappearance and,
176
,
177
,
178

Sacred Heart School, Manhattanville,
177

social-service work,
195–96

Stanford and,
174
,
175
,
177–78

See also
Shriver, Eunice

Catholic stereotypes and,
99

children’s allergies,
80

Christmas following Rosemary’s lobotomy,
174

move to Bronxville home/description,
62–63

move to larger home (1920),
38–39

move to/life in New York,
48–50

1950s influence/power and,
193

postcards from Rosemary (European tour),
91

Rosemary’s disappearance and,
176–77

selling Bronxville home,
173

summer home (Hyannis Port),
52
,
53
,
135–43
,
173

Times to Remember
and,
215–16

winter home (Palm Beach),
52
,
53
,
117
,
173

See also
specific individuals

British views of,
114

debutante “season”/presentation at court,
105–12

embassy description,
104

help/staff,
102
,
104–5

move to London,
101–2
,
104

Pope Pius XII and,
120–21

return to U.S. (Joe Sr./Rosemary remaining),
122
,
138

Rose’s aspirations and,
98–100

Rose’s duties and,
114

schools/schooling,
115–16

travels/vacations,
112–14
,
117
,
120–22

two-piece bathing suits and,
121–22

intellectual disabilities and,
195–97
,
198
,
203–4

International Awards in Mental Retardation,
203–4

Joe Sr. and,
187–88
,
195
,
197

Shrivers and,
195–97
,
204–5

Special Olympics beginnings,
204–5

assassination,
204
,
221

birth/childhood,
1
,
22
,
34
,
35
,
37
,
40
,
49
,
62–63
,
68
,
80
,
215

description,
113

as disabled advocate,
194
,
197
,
199–200
,
202–4
,
230–31

first book and,
135–36

Harvard and,
102

health problems,
34
,
37
,
80

marriage,
193

Massachusetts politics and,
183–84
,
186
,
193
,
194
,
197

presidential ambitions/campaigns,
193
,
194
,
197

presidential election/as president,
199–200
,
202–4
,
230–31

Rosemary and,
76
,
77
,
136
,
137–38
,
175
,
176
,
194–95
,
221

US Navy/
PT-109
incident,
180

visiting Rosemary in Wisconsin/effects,
194–95

in Washington,
173
,
174

birth/childhood,
49–50
,
62
,
68
,
102
,
115

in England/travels,
115

mother relationship (adult),
218–19

Rosemary and,
133
,
135

Rosemary’s disappearance and,
176

affairs,
23
,
27
,
31–33
,
53–54
,
113–14
,
128
,
129

after ambassadorship,
155–57

changing views on Rosemary/disabled,
198–99
,
200

childhood/education,
8–9
,
10
,
17–18
,
20–21

death,
208

death of mother,
46

description/personality,
5
,
176

discrimination/persecution and,
41–42
,
49
,
75
,
99
,
102
,
108

draft and,
4–5

film financing and,
47–48
,
62

Great Depression and,
67

Harvard and,
20–21

health problems,
5
,
47

Hitler and,
74–75
,
128

Joe Jr.’s letter on Hitler/sterilization program and,
74–75

Kennedy Foundation and,
187–88
,
195
,
197

Kick and Fitzwilliam,
185
,
186

Maritime Commission chairmanship,
96–97
,
98

parenting style,
176

placing Rosemary (1940s),
155–57

Roosevelt and,
95–98
,
108
,
117
,
120
,
128
,
151–52

Rose’s vacations and,
34–35

as SEC chairman,
95–96

sons’ futures/politics and,
174
,
183

stock market crash (1929) and,
50
,
62
,
95–96

stroke/effects,
201
,
205
,
206
,
208

trust funds for children,
47
,
190–91
,
209
,
228

wedding/honeymoon,
5
,
21–22

work after ambassadorship,
158

work at time of Rosemary’s birth,
4–5
,
96

work/success of,
4–5
,
21
,
24–25
,
27
,
29
,
38
,
46–47
,
50
,
62

See also
Kennedy family; Kennedy, Rosemary; lobotomy, prefrontal