Kennedy Wives: Triumph and Tragedy in America's Most Public Family (44 page)

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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (“JFK”)
, 13
, 73
, 96
, 172
, 175
; assassination of
, 52–54
, 104–6
, 109–10
, 198–203
, 239–41
; Auchinclossess introduction to
, 149
; birth and background of
, 11
, 144–46
; Canada’s welcoming of
, 190
; Coit’s date with
, 153–55
; dead children buried next to
, 202
; endurance and heroism of
, 35
; Ethel’s dinner and tension with
, 87
; funeral of
, 201–2
, 240
; Jackie and assassination of
, 198–203
; Jackie and back surgeries of
, 160–61
; Jackie as saving life of
, 173–74
; Jackie controlling image of
, 159
, 199
, 205–6
; Jackie’s marriage to
, 44
, 150–51
; Jackie’s relationship with
, 142
, 147–48
, 157–59
, 162
, 186
, 195–96
; Jackie’s value to
, 148
, 189
; Joe informed of death of
, 53
; Khrushchev and charms of
, 191–92
; as media darling
, 35
; as most eligible bachelor
, 146
, 153
; Office of Naval Intelligence orders for
, 31
; playboy image of
, 149
, 155
; political elections of
, 40
, 43–44
, 46
, 170
; poor health of
, 11
, 31
, 33
, 35
, 37
, 145
, 153–55
, 159–60
; presidency and
, 46
, 168
, 229
; presidential campaigns for
, 45
, 47
, 82
, 91–92
, 95
, 99–100
, 167–71
, 224
; profound panic of
, 155
; PT 109 incident and
, 34–35
, 37
, 145
; as reluctant to marry
, 149
; RFK and assassination of
, 104–6
; RFK and campaigning for
, 69
, 91–92
, 95
, 99–100
; Rose and
, 14
, 18
, 48
, 52–55
; Rose’s tea-party campaigns for
, 43–44
, 91–92
, 95
, 99–100
; sexual appetite of
, 87–88
; stunted capacity for intimacy
, 185–86
; Teddy honoring memory of
, 241
; Teddy’s role in administration of
, 231–32
; vacation and voyage of
, 162–63
; war participation of
, 34–35
; wedding of
, 150–51
; womanizing and
, 150
, 152–55
, 158–59
, 164–65
, 167
, 185–86

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Jr. (“John Jr.”)
, 47
, 63
, 170–71
, 182–83
, 195
; plane crash death of
, 207
, 283
; Teddy’s eulogy for
, 284

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick (“Joe”)
, 60
, 149
; ambassador and resignation of
, 11
, 23–24
, 28–29
, 30
; background of
, 5–6
; capitalism concerns of
, 22
; careers of
, 11–13
, 22
; children’s affection of
, 17–18
, 29
; as Columbia Trust’s president
, 8
; death and funeral of
, 33
, 50
, 62
; descent into infantilism of
, 50–51
; European war and stance of
, 28–29
; family residence at London mansion
, 25–26
; FBO film studio and
,18–19
; FDR as suspecting rivalry by
, 25
; film industry ventures of
, 13–14
; frequent absences of
, 12–14
, 18–19
; get-rich ingenuity of
, 12
; graduation and early career of
, 8
; Hyannis Port home purchase by
, 20
; infidelity of
, 2
, 19
; JFK’s death disclosed to
, 53
; London home and office decor of
, 26
; Maritime Commission headed by
, 23
; Merchandise Mart purchased by
, 39
; movie business and trading of
, 13
, 21
; 1930 as frenetic for clan of
, 22–23
; Palm Beach mansion purchased by
, 21–22
; political career ended of
, 2
, 30
; Pope Pius XII coronation and
, 27
; rehabilitation treatment of
, 50–51
; RFK’s assassination and grief of
, 57–59
; RFK working with
, 85–86
; Rose and
, 9–11
, 13
; Rose dating
, 4–8
; stroke and death of
, 32–33
, 49–50
, 236
, 254
; Teddy influenced by
, 230–31
, 242–43
; at zenith with media profile
, 25

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick Jr. (“Joe Jr.”)
, 10
, 26
, 31
, 35–36
, 38–39

Kennedy, Kara
, 210
, 225
, 262
, 285

Kennedy, Kathleen (“Kick”)
, 13
, 23
, 36–37
, 39–41

Kennedy, Kathleen Townsend
, 90
, 95
, 99
, 122

Kennedy, Kerry
, 119–20
, 125

Kennedy, Mary Kerry
, 99

Kennedy, Michael
, 96
, 125
, 283

Kennedy, Patricia
, 14–15
, 24
, 44
, 87

Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier
, 52
, 195–96
, 201
, 210–11
, 247
, 262–63

Kennedy, Patrick J. (“P. J.”)
, 5–6

Kennedy, Robert Francis (“RFK”)
, 163
, 204–5
; advocacy for gun control and
, 116
; assassination of
, 57–59
, 109–10
, 118–21
, 248–49
; attorney general appointment of
, 100
; birth of
, 15
; career and
, 91
, 93–94
; demagogue accusation about
, 112
; Ethel and assassination of
, 118–21
; Ethel and campaign trail for
, 105–6
, 110–20
; Ethel dating
, 68–70
, 82–83
; Ethel’s marriage with
, 42
, 83
, 85
, 87–88
, 90
; as first Kennedy losing primary election
, 57
; funeral and bereavement for
, 57–59
, 120–21
; inferiority complex of
, 83
; Internal Security Division job of
, 91
; JFK’s assassination and bereavement of
, 104–6
; as JFK’s campaign manager
, 69
, 91–92
, 95
, 99–100
; Joan devastated by death of
, 249
; Joan on campaign trail for
, 248–49
; Kennedy’s fear of assassination for
, 109–10
; King’s assassination and
, 112–14
; McCarthy, J., as embarrassing
, 87
; as New York junior senator
, 107
; organized crime investigations and
, 97–99
; popularity with minorities and
, 116
; presidential ambitions of
, 56
, 107
, 109–20
; problems with Hoover
, 104
; rock-star treatment of
, 106
; Rose and campaigns for
, 55–56
; Rose and Joe’s grief after assassination of
, 57–59
; Rose’s reflection prompted by death of
, 60
; Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and
, 97–98
; Senate seat won by
, 245
; sexual appetite of
, 87–88
; stellar work ethic of
, 85–86
; as Student legal forum president
, 85–86
; Teddy’s eulogy to
, 120
; victory celebration over McCarthy by
, 117–18

Kennedy, Robert Francis Jr.
, 94
, 100
, 123–25

Kennedy, Rory
, 95
, 122
, 124–25

Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald (“Rose”)
, 5–7
, 160
, 163
, 171
; as absent at Kick’s wedding
, 37
; acceptance of God’s will and
, 39
, 60–61
, 64
; admiration for royals
, 27
; as America’s Queen Mother
, 48
; approach to grief
, 39
; attendance at JFK’s commemorations by
, 55
; beach cottages of
, 22–23
; Beals Street home of
, 9–10
, 13
; bereavement letter to Kick by
, 39
; Bronxville mansion at
, 20–21
; campaign travels of
, 22–23
, 31
, 40
, 46–47
, 51
, 55–56
; Canadian Association for Retarded Children’s merit award to
, 56
; as celebrating eightieth birthday
, 63
; charitable missions of
, 44–45
; in critical role of ambassador’s wife
, 25
; death of
, 65
, 283
; diminishing energy of
, 65
; as distanced from her children
, 18
; early married years of
, 10–11
; emergency appendectomy
, 24
; Ethel’s wild parties disapproved by
, 90
, 101–2
; European forays of children and
, 28
; family life of
, 12
, 20
, 23–25
, 145
; Hennessey as family nurse for
, 24
; hired help and child care of
, 10–11
, 13
, 15–16
; holiday travels to Paris and Greece of
, 62–63
; as household disciplinarian
, 17–18
; as intellectual disabilities advocate
, 56
; Jackie’s warm relationship with
, 62–63
; JFK and
, 14
, 18
, 48
, 52–55
; JFK and tea-party campaigns by
, 43–44
, 91–92
, 95
, 99–100
; Joan meeting
, 219
; Kick and
, 37–38
, 40–41
; London evacuation of children and
, 28–29
; Manhattanville’s honored degree for
, 44
; mistakenly taken as unfeeling woman
, 54–55
; move to New York
, 18
; as never losing composure in public
, 54
; as Papal Countess by Pope Pius XII
, 43
; physical affection withheld by
, 17–18
; pregnancies of
, 10–12
, 14–16
, 19
; RFK’s assassination and grief of
, 57–59
; RFK’s death prompting reflection by
, 60
; Rosemary and devotion of
, 17–18
, 29
, 32–33
, 55–56
, 63–64
; Rosemary’s disability embarrassing
, 15
, 49
; round-robin letters to children of
, 34
; sons’ political lives involvement of
, 51–52
; St. Joseph’s College’s honorary degree to
, 56
; strained marriage of
, 12
; strictness and
children’s capabilities of
, 18
; stroke suffered by
, 65
; Teddy’s admiration and affection for
, 21
; as trying to separate Jean and Ethel
, 82
; vacations taken separately by
, 13
, 23
, 31
; various cause appearances by
, 45
, 50
, 56
; war participation by children of
, 34–36
; wedding and honeymoon of
, 8–9
; in White House hostess roles
, 52
; at Windsor Castle mingling with royalty
, 26–27
.
See also
Fitzgerald, Rose Elizabeth

Kennedy, Rosemary
, 27
, 45
; birth and disability of
, 11
, 14–15
; evacuation to Hertfordshire
, 29
; lobotomy of
, 31–33
; Rose as devoting attention to
, 17–18
, 29
, 32–33
, 55–56
, 63–64
; Rose ashamed in disability of
, 15
, 49

Kennedy, Vicki
, 280
, 296
; positive outlook of
, 288
, 295
; Teddy profoundly impacted by
, 276
, 278–79
, 282–83

Kennedy, William Smith
, 267

Kennedy family
, 184
, 206–7
, 227
, 238
; Ethel’s spending and disapproval of
, 93
, 123
; fear of assassination for RFK by
, 109–10
; five women of
, 296
; Hoover’s gathering dirt and blackmail on
, 110
; Jackie and competition with
, 158
; Jackie at Hyannis Port to meet
, 148–49
, 170
; Joan’s relationship with
, 223
, 226
, 228
, 254–55
; “Kennedys don’t cry” mantra of
, 54
, 105
; Reggie, E., campaigning for
, 268
; Skakel compared with family of
, 75
; Skakels and political divide with
, 92
; Skakels as clashing on money with
, 92–93