Kennedy Wives: Triumph and Tragedy in America's Most Public Family (38 page)

217.
“I definitely wanted to see”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 117.

2. Marrying the Kennedys

218.
While she’d had many:
Chellis,
Living with the Kennedys
, p. 25.

218.
“I just took no interest . . . never even heard of the Kennedys”:
David, Joan,
The Reluctant Kennedy
, p. 50.

218.
“I had to be chaperoned . . . if you were a Manhattanville girl”:
Klein,
Ted Kennedy
, p. 35.

218.
He had a well-known:
Leamer,
Kennedy Men
, ch. 18.

219.
“She asked me about Bronxville . . . mostly our piano”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 471.

219.
Rose, still protective of her youngest child, called Manhattanville:
Clymer,
Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography
, p. 23.

219.
They decided to turn it:
Clymer, papers.

219.
“I was keen to join my brothers . . . to be a family man”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 183.

220.
“Apparently, he had brought other girls home”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 471.

220.
“
It was too good to be true”:
ibid.

220.
“What do you think . . . What do we do next?”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Men
, ch. 18.

220.
“Do you love my son? . . . make you feel at ease”:
ibid., ch. 18.

220.
“She came home and told me . . . manner to which she was accustomed”:
Sadler, Christine,
McCall’s
, “Coming of Age of Joan Kennedy,” February 1965.

221.
“I had no idea what I was getting into”:
Chellis,
Living with the Kennedys
, pp.26–27.

221.
“That was my introduction”:
Kennedy,
Joy of Classical Music
, ch. 3.

221.
The only other time the:
Leamer,
Kennedy Men
, ch. 18.

221.
Ted finally brought Joan:
Clymer,
Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography
, p. 23.

221.
He didn’t make time to:
Leamer,
Kennedy Men
, ch. 18.

221.
“My parents thought”:
Clymer papers.

222.
“a place of Champagne bubbles”:
“Chateau in the Sky,”
New York Times
, December 3, 2006. www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/nyregion/thecity/03pier.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

222.
PLEASE HAVE THE PIANO:
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers, JFK Library.

222.
Joan had wanted to be married:
Chellis,
Living with the Kennedys
, p. 27.

223.
“wanted to invite every political”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 477.

223.
Before the ceremony, Jack and Ted seemed:
Clymer,
Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography
, p. 24.

223.
Ted’s law-school schedule:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 126.

223.
“The truth is that Joan and I . . . definitely not standout cuisine”:
ibid., p. 126.

223.
“We were dumped there . . . it was a nightmare”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Men
, ch. 18.

223.
“I had to clean house”:
ibid., ch. 18.

224.
“She grew adept in an . . . inns that had no heat”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 127.

224.
“every state was critical”:
ibid., p. 127.

224.
“Politics took over our lives almost”:
Chellis,
Living with the Kennedys
, p. 27.

3. Campaigning with the Kennedys

225.
Joan gave birth to the couple’s first child:
Associated Press, October 22, 1962.

225.
“I have never seen Ted . . . two new words—my daughter”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Men
, ch. 19.

225.
“He wants nine . . . I wouldn’t have him”:
David,
Joan, The Reluctant Kennedy
, p. 88.

225.
Joan later described it as a whirl:
Kennedy,
Joy of Classical Music
, ch. 3.

225.
“I felt rather like a tourist”:
ibid.

226.
“I never felt any anger of being . . . lot to talk about”:
Peters, William, “Teddy Kennedy,”
Redbook
, June 1962.

226.
“I felt accepted as a little . . . greatest signs of friendliness there is”:
ibid.

226.
When Joan went to Washington:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, pp. 126–28.

226.
“We’d chat, talk about campaigning”:
ibid, p.128.

227.
“I remember [Jackie] saying to me, ‘Stay very close to . . . she’s his sister.’ ”:
ibid., p. 128.

227.
“That night Frank is having a dinner party . . . so pissed off”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 507.

227.
“She acted like Rose”:
Chellis,
Living with the Kennedys
, p. 33.

228.
“If Jack could win there”:
Kennedy,
Joy of Classical Music
, ch. 3.

228.
“
look nice and be friendly”:
ibid.

228.
“got whistled at by the miners”:
ibid.

228.
“It turned into a bit of a joke”:
ibid.

228.
Despite the Kennedys’ displeasure:
Cannelos,
Last Lion
, p. 79.

229.
“I don’t know if I’ll know”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 506.

229.
Soon after, Ted and Joan joined:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 158.

229.
Jack had been allowed to:
ibid., p. 159.

4. Catching Up

230.
But with the Massachusetts Senate:
Clymer papers.

231.
“
You can have a serious”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 162.

231.
“I’d worshipped my father . . . to catch up”:
ibid.

231.
“
Ted was the obvious choice”:
Kennedy,
Joy of Classical Music
, ch.3.

231.
“passionately . . . interested in arms control.”:
Kennedy, Edward,
True Compass,
p. 163.

231–32
.
“Yes. Go [to Africa] and see what’s . . . independence from Belgium”:
ibid.

232.
If Ted left that night, he could catch:
ibid., p. 163–64.

232.
It was a gorgeous brick building, built:
ibid.

232.
“Remember your own”:
ibid., p. 435.

232.
“This time, we were on our . . . grassroots round ourselves”:
Kennedy,
Joy of Classical Music
, ch. 3.

232.
“We went to every little town”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 559.

232.
“If Ted was in Boston, then I tried to”:
Liston, Carol, “Joan Kennedy Too Busy to Be Shy,”
Boston Globe
, December 23, 1965.

232–33
.
“everyone is curious about what the . . . you got a crowd”:
Clymer papers.

233.
“It was just a bunch of . . . us against the world”:
ibid.

233.
“I’d get the hostess to tell me what”:
Kennedy,
Joy of Classical Music
, ch. 4.

233.
“I say we need a senator with a conscience”:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6H0LTyaC94.

233.
“Yes, I minded . . . but I”:
Finney, Ruth,
New York Word Telegram and Sun
, November 26, 1962.

234.
The article focused on the many:
Henshaw, Tom, Associated Press, October 22, 1962.

234.
“All the way to Brookline . . . afraid I’d mispronounce it”:
ibid.

234.
“My role, as I see it . . . about politics too”:
Peters, William, “Teddy Kennedy,”
Redbook
, June 1962.

235.
“Really, I’m quite fortunate”:
Henshaw, Tom, Associated Press, October 22, 1962.

5. The Supportive Wife

236.
“My father’s illness hit . . . almost more than I could bear”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 178.

236.
“In Boston, Mrs. Kennedy isn’t . . . elegant as the First Lady”:
Chapman, Priscilla, “At Home with Mrs. Kennedy,” 1963.

237.
“an immense mail for a freshman”:
Falacci, Frank, “The Senator’s Image Emerges,”
Boston Globe
, September 15, 1963.

237.
“He is diligently working”:
ibid.

237.
“She’s going to be the youngest Senate wife”:
Finney, Ruth,
New York World-Telegram and Sun
, November 26, 1962.

238.
The final paragraph referenced:
“Joan Kennedy Loses Baby,”
Boston Globe
, May 17, 1963.

238.
The baby’s remains were flown:
“Joan Kennedy Loses Baby by Miscarriage,”
Boston Globe
, June 2, 1964.

238.
“We’ve been married four years”:
David,
Joan, The Reluctant Kennedy
, p. 88.

238.
“It was discouraging and depressing for . . . whatever of physical health”:
ibid., p. 104.

238.
The island took its name from a squaw:
“Kennedy in Court Fight Opposing Squaw Island Subdivision,”
Boston Globe
, January 26, 1973.

238–39
.
“Teddy’s away so much . . .” So she got to work . . . antiques that Joan adored:
Hoffman, Betty Hannah, “What It’s Like to Marry a Kennedy,”
Ladies Home Journal
, October 1962.

239.
“Jackie would say”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 539.

239.
“In the summers, everybody else in”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, pp. 126–28.

239.
“She was very, very good . . . almost nobody knew about it”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 539.

239.
She was there when Jack:
Chellis,
Living with the Kennedys
, p. 34.

240.
“My first overwhelming sense . . . the president was dead”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 208.

240.
“She adored Jack”:
ibid., p. 209.

240.
She begged Candy to stay:
Manchester,
Death of a President
, ch. 6.

240.
“People kept drifting in all evening . . . shut myself upstairs in my room and cry”:
Hoffman, Betty Hannah, “Joan Kennedy’s Story,”
Ladies Home Journal
, July 1970.

240.
“Joan found the mere contemplation”:
Manchester,
Death of a President
, ch. 8.

241.
“In the end, the best way to honor”:
Kennedy, Edward,
True Compass
, p. 214.

241.
“as a knife, slicing open . . . my friend Ed Moss”:
ibid., p. 216.

241.
“I tried to get some response . . . he grabbed it”:
“Ted Half-Sitting, Half-Standing in Plane, Bayh Says,”
Boston Globe
, June 21, 1964.

241.
Ted was badly hurt:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 220.

241–42
.
The Bayhs courageously helped:
“Ted Half-Sitting, Half-Standing in Plane, Bayh Says,”
Boston Globe
,

242.
“Nine cars passed them . . . Birch had pulled me from the plane”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 221.

242.
She was sped to Cooley:
Linscott, Seymour, “Kennedy’s Plane Crashes; Senator’s Condition ‘Fair,’ ”
Boston Globe
, June 20, 1964.

242.
“He’s going to”:
Taraborrelli,
Jackie, Ethel, Joan
, p. 284.

242.
“Hi, Joansie. Don’t”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 221.

242.
“Kennedy’s injuries were not”:
Linscott,“Kennedy’s Plane Crashes; Senator’s Condition ‘Fair.’ ”

242.
“My life hung in the balance”:
Kennedy,
True Compass
, p. 221.

242–43
.
“Whipping his head . . . vertebrae to heal naturally”:
ibid., p. 222.

6. The Prettiest Stand-In

244.
“A man never had”:
“Joan Launches Ted’s Campaign,”
Boston Globe
, September 15, 1964.

244.
“I am no doctor”:
ibid.

244.
“I’d hit a VFW . . . best to give it some spin”:
Kennedy,
The Joy of Classical Music
, ch. 3.

244.
Bobby, the attorney general, had given up his seat:
Negri, Gloria, “Delegate Joan Lovely, Lonely,”
Boston Globe
, August 26, 1964.