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Encounters between Rose and Rosemary:
Interview with Sister Margaret Ann Reckets in LL,
The Kennedy Women,
413.

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They had parties:
LL,
The Kennedy Women,
759.

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“Eunice has no compassion”:
Gibson and Schwarz,
Rose Kennedy and Her Family,
55.

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“Damn Anthony”:
LL,
The Kennedy Women,
683.

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“If you know Rosemary”:
Joan Zyda, “The Kennedy No One Knows,”
Chicago Tribune,
January 7, 1976.

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“Are you looking for Eunice?”:
LL,
The Kennedy Women,
682–83.

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Anthony Shriver became founder and chairman:
For more about Best Buddies International, see
http://www.bestbuddies.org/best-buddies
.

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“A Kennedy through and through”:
Anthony Shriver, interview by author, October, 8, 2008.

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Though her language was terribly limited:
Timothy Shriver, interview by author, November 2, 2010.

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Tim believes:
Ibid.

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“The interest [Rosemary] sparked”:
Letter, Anthony Shriver to author, February 17, 2009.

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“After watching the struggles”:
Jack McCallum, “Small Steps, Giant Strides,”
Sports Illustrated,
December 8, 2008.

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a “revolutionary”:
Ibid.

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Rosemary . . . “sensitized”:
“A Tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver,” November 16, 2007, 24–25, JFKPL.

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“taught us the worth”:
EMK, at RMK funeral, January 10, 2005.

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“never doubted”:
Burton Hersh,
Edward Kennedy: An Intimate Biography
(New York: Counterpoint, 2010), 520.

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“Many of us”:
Vincent Bzdek,
The Kennedy Legacy: Jack, Bobby, and Ted and a Family Dream Fulfilled
(New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), 235.

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Rosemary needed surgery:
LL,
The Kennedy Women,
759–60.

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“Rosemary’s very cooperative”:
Interview with Sister Margaret Ann in ibid., 760.

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“a magnetic personality”:
Ibid.

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“She knows her prayers”:
Ibid.

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“There’s a picture on the wall”:
Ibid., 761.

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News of Rosemary’s death:
Martin Weil, “Rosemary Kennedy, 86, President Kennedy’s Sister,”
Washington Post,
January 8, 2005.

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“I cannot attempt to judge”:
“‘Times to Remember’ Background Materials,” RFKP, box 13.

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“my life [has been] lucky”:
“A Tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver,” November 16, 2007, 24–25, JFKPL.

 

AUTHOR’S NOTE

 

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pink sheets marked “Withdrawal”:
See, for example, the withdrawal sheet in the file labeled “Rosemary Kennedy: Health, 1923–1949,” JPK Papers #136, Series 1.2.5, JFKPL.

Index
A

Ace of Clubs and Rose Kennedy,
26

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990),
226
,
227

Addison’s disease,
178

Alzheimer’s disease,
225

Ambrose, Margaret,
102

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, 1990),
226
,
227

Anastasia, Sister,
190
,
192

Ann Elizabeth, Reverend Mother,
148

Arden, Elizabeth,
149–50

Assumption schools

Convent of the Assumption School, London,
116–20

Belmont House, Hertfordshire,
122–31

Ravenhill Academy, Philadelphia,
148–51

 
B

Baker, Mary,
86–88

bathing suits, two-piece,
121–22

Bean, Betsy,
44

Belmont House, England,
122–31

Best Buddies,
224
,
225

Bieler, Henry G.,
54

Billings, Lem,
137
,
138–39
,
140–42

Boggs, Elizabeth,
194
,
199
,
203

Bono,
225

Boston

anti-Catholicism,
12–13

historical descriptions,
5–7

Boston Globe,
4
,
103
,
180
,
232

Bouvier, Jacqueline.
See
Kennedy, Jacqueline

Brind, David,
61

Brokaw, Frances Seymour,
178

Burke, Anne,
204–5

 
C

Cahill, Alice,
86
,
91
,
102

Camp Fernwood,
143–47
,
148–49
,
151

Camp Shriver,
201
,
204

Carnegie, Andrew,
57

Casey, Monsignor,
155–56

Catholic Digest,
79

Catholic House of the Good Shepherd,
195

Chamberlain, Neville,
112

Charitas, Sister,
209
,
210–11
,
212

Child Care Act (1990),
226

Children Limited
(NARC publication),
199

Children of Mary,
19–20
,
25
,
27
,
119

Chun, Raymond W. M.,
219

Ciano, Gian Galeazzo,
121

Committee on Mental Retardation,
199

Conboy, Kathryn “Kiko,”
102

Convent of the Assumption School, London,
116–20

Cooke, Robert,
196
,
200

Coughlan, Robert,
139
,
162
,
214–16
,
217

Craig House, New York

description/treatments,
178–79

Rosemary and,
178–80
,
186

Cuban missile crisis,
202
,
203

Cushing, Richard, Archbishop,
187
,
188
,
194

 
D

Dallas, Rita,
32
,
205

Dark Corner, The
(documentary film),
200

DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa),
225

Day, Edward,
151

Dearborn, Elaine,
91
,
265
n 143

Dearborn, Walter F.

background/theories,
82–83

Rosemary/Rose and,
82
,
83
,
84
,
87
,
90
,
103
,
265
n 143

debutante “season” (Britain),
105
,
110–12

See also
presentation at (British) court

Deignan, Dave,
139
,
140

Department of Mental Retardation,
200

Devereux, Helena Trafford,
60–61

Devereux School, Pennsylvania,
60–62
,
63
,
64–68
,
69

Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of,
181
,
186

Dietrich, Maria,
113–14

Dietrich, Marlene,
112
,
113–14
,
121

Dionne quintuplets,
100–101

disabilities/disabled individuals

blaming parents,
57
,
58
,
233

British aristocracy and,
106

Catholicism and,
58
,
250–51
n 58

eugenics movement and,
56–57

Hitler and,
74
,
75
,
133

institutions and,
55–56

intellectually disabled vs. mentally ill,
55
,
56

lack of knowledge on,
45–46
,
52–53
,
55
,
236

Montessori and,
118

psychological definitions,
55

removing stigma,
194–99

sexuality misconceptions and,
141–42

therapy options,
161
,
187

wealthy hiding relatives,
56
,
106
,
178

See also
eugenics movement; lobotomy, prefrontal;
specific individuals/organizations;
specific legislation;
specific schools

Down syndrome,
58

Dunn, Elizabeth,
102
,
112
,
114
,
121
,
144
,
145
,
147

dyslexia,
52
,
220

 
E

Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975),
226

education (late 1800s to early 1900s)

Catholic vs. secular schools,
11–13
,
14–16

gender and,
11
,
13–14

See also
specific schools

Edward Devotion School,
43

Elizabeth, Queen,
109

epilepsy,
53
,
141

See also
nonepileptic seizures

eugenics movement

description/supporters,
56–57
,
67

forced sterilization and,
57

Hitler’s sterilization program and,
74–75

Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
277
n 203

Evans, Ruth.
See
O’Keefe, Ruth Evans

 
F

Fernald School, Massachusetts state hospital,
55

Fettinger, John,
194

Film Booking Office (FBO),
47–48

Fitzgerald, Agnes,
18
,
20
,
34
,
89

Fitzgerald, Eunice,
39
,
46

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
178

Fitzgerald, Frederick,
89

Fitzgerald, Henry,
12

Fitzgerald, John “Honey Fitz”

background/childhood,
7
,
9

education for children,
12
,
13

family summers/moves,
7–8

Joe Kennedy and,
10
,
17–18
,
21
,
27

mayoral runs/as mayor,
5
,
7–8
,
20

O’Connell’s influence on,
15
,
17

political scandal and,
15
,
18–19

politics/religion and,
14–15

Rose (daughter) and,
5
,
9–10
,
14–15
,
17–18
,
30
,
112
,
243
n 9

Rosemary and,
72

women’s right to vote and,
26
,
246
n 26

Fitzgerald, Josie Hannon

background/childhood,
7

daughter (Rose) and,
5
,
30
,
112

family summers/moves,
7–8

Rosemary and,
72

Fitzgerald, Rose/childhood

Children of Mary society and,
19–20
,
25
,
27
,
119

college/Wellesley College and,
10–11
,
13–16

Convent School of the Sacred Heart, Boston,
16–17

description,
8–10

education/effects,
8
,
10–11
,
13–17
,
18–21
,
22
,
28

European tour and,
18–20

father and,
9–10
,
14–15
,
17–18
,
243
n 9

Joe Kennedy and,
8–9
,
10
,
17–18
,
20–21

New England Conservatory, Boston,
17

women’s changing roles and,
10–11

See also
Kennedy, Rose

Fitzgerald, Zelda,
178

Fitzwilliam, Peter,
184–86

Fonda, Henry,
178

Forbes, Mother,
70

Ford, John,
188–89
,
190

Freeman, Walter

background/description,
159
,
163
,
172

lobotomies/lobotomy promotion,
159
,
160
,
161
,
162
,
163–64
,
165
,
166
,
167–72
,
236

 
G

Gargan, Ann,
155
,
170
,
175
,
191

Gargan, Joe/Joey,
89

Garland, Judy,
101

George VI, King,
109

George Washington University Hospital,
159
,
160
,
162
,
167–69
,
173
,
178
,
236

Gibbs, Dorothy,
122–23
,
124
,
125
,
128
,
130
,
134
,
150

Gibbs Preparatory School,
115

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