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Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the " lace curtain " Irish-American community in Boston.
In this exclusive BBC clip from 1973, recorded to mark the 10th anniversary of her son's death, Rose speaks with poise and restraint.
- Myles Burke
Jun 22, 2024 · Getty Images. Much is known about the Kennedy women — Jackie, Caroline, Carolyn — but for many, Rosemary Kennedy remains an enigma. And for good reason. Headstrong and carefree — but plagued...
- The Early Life of Rosemary Kennedy
- Why Rosemary Kennedy Was Lobotomized
- The Botched Operation and The Tragic Aftermath
Born on September 13, 1918, in Brookline, Massachusetts, Rosemary Kennedy was the third child of Joe and Rose and the first girl in the family. During her birth, the obstetrician who was supposed to be delivering her was running late. Not wanting to deliver the baby without a doctor present, the nurse reached up into Rose’s birth canal and held the...
In England, Rosemary gained a sense of normalcy, as she had been placed in a Catholic school run by nuns. With the time and patience to teach Rosemary, they were training her to be a teacher’s aide and she was flourishing under their guidance. Sadly, this situation would not last long. In 1940, when the Nazis stormed Paris, the Kennedys were forced...
In 1941, when she was 23 years old, Rosemary Kennedy received a lobotomy. During the procedure, two holes were drilled in her skull, through which small metal spatulas were inserted. The spatulas were used to sever the link between the pre-frontal cortex and the rest of the brain. Though it is not known whether he did so on Rosemary, Dr. Freeman wo...
Aug 15, 2016 · Ted Kennedy barely survived a plane crash, in which some of his traveling companions weren’t so lucky. JFK Jr. died in a … you get the idea. These are familiar stories, but we rarely hear any mention of Rosemary, the Kennedy sister who disappeared from public view in her 20s.
Aug 6, 1995 · As a teen-ager who would be lobotomized just a few years later, Rosemary Kennedy chronicled a life of tea dances, dress fittings and trips to Europe in diaries that her mother ordered tossed...
Jan 23, 1995 · Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, whose 10 decades of life encompassed extraordinary triumphs and epic tragedies, died Sunday at the age of 104.
