Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter (42 page)

descriptions,
51–52
,
53
,
59
,
84
,
134–35

Edward Devotion School, Massachusetts,
43

embarrassing/disgracing family and,
137–38
,
155
,
158–59

“experts” and,
44–45
,
52–53

as family secret,
106
,
134

father assuming more responsibilities,
63
,
75
,
80–82

Hennessey’s sister visit,
139–40

institutionalization/remaining at home question and,
56
,
58

IQ test,
45–46

labels/diagnosis and,
43
,
45–46
,
52–53
,
57

life with family after England,
133–42

medical/scientific knowledge on disabilities and,
45–46
,
52–53
,
55–56

missing life at Belmont House,
133–34

mother not disclosing depth of disabilities,
93
,
143–45

mother’s extra attention and,
41
,
68
,
215

parents’ standards and,
43
,
51
,
58
,
63
,
69
,
119–20

Ravenhall Cottage (Wildwood, New Jersey),
149–50

recovering from lobotomy,
173

“red pills” and,
79
,
80
,
141

Roseneath Farms Sanitarium consideration/parents,
150–51
,
156

Rose’s research and,
43–44
,
67
,
82
,
86
,
159–60

school and,
43–45
,
50–52

Slavin as companion and,
156

treatments by Dr. Lawrence,
79
,
80–82
,
84
,
87

tutors/home education and,
52
,
54–55

See also
lobotomy, prefrontal;
specific individuals

adjustment difficulties,
59
,
61
,
62
,
71
,
89

decision on,
58–59

Devereux School, Pennsylvania,
60
,
61–62
,
63
,
64–68
,
69

Elmhurst, Rhode Island,
68–70
,
71

Gibbs (companion),
122–23
,
124
,
125
,
128
,
130
,
134
,
150

Hourigan’s Residence School, Manhattan,
88–90
,
92–94

letters to/from family,
61
,
65
,
66–67
,
69–70
,
71–72
,
75–76
,
77
,
84

Newton’s School, Brookline, Massachusetts,
70–73
,
79–88

progress reports,
65
,
69
,
71
,
84–85
,
123

Ravenhill Academy, Philadelphia,
148
,
150

relatives/family friends in Brookline and,
72–73

Rohde (companion),
88–90
,
93
,
103

Sacred Heart Convent Academy, Manhattanville,
92
,
94
,
103–4

Saint Gertrude’s School of Arts and Crafts, Washington, D.C.,
151
,
152
,
154–55
,
158
,
167

self-esteem/confidence and,
61–62
,
64–65

endocrinology and,
79–80
,
81–82

Rosemary’s treatment,
79
,
80–82
,
84
,
87

AMA warning against,
161–62
,
164

criticism of/risks,
160–62
,
163
,
164
,
165

“defective personality traits” and,
166

example story,
255
n 82

failures blamed on patients,
164

failures/risks downplayed,
164
,
170–72

Freeman/Watts and,
159
,
160
,
161
,
162
,
163–64
,
165
,
166
,
167–70
,
171–72

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

history of,
15
,
160

informed consent and,
164–65

intellectual/developmental disabilities and,
162
,
164

Joe Kennedy Sr. decision for Rosemary,
166
,
167
,
191
,
267–68
n 155

Joe Kennedy Sr. researching,
158–60
,
161
,
163
,
166

Kick Kennedy investigating/conclusions,
160–61
,
191

lack of scientific understanding on brain/development and,
163–64
,
165–66

media on,
159–60
,
161
,
162

potential patient illnesses/disease and,
165–66

reactions/symptoms following,
170

Rose Kennedy and Rosemary,
159–60
,
161
,
191

Rosemary Kennedy’s surgery/immediate results,
167
,
168–70

Saint Elizabeths refusal of,
160
,
162
,
163

surgery description,
160–61
,
167
,
168–69

women/statistics and,
166

See also
Kennedy, Rosemary, after lobotomy

background,
118

beliefs/theories,
118–19

Rosemary and,
117–18
,
125

Catholicism and,
119

description,
118–19
,
120

Rosemary and,
118
,
120
,
148

background/work,
22
,
47

death,
221

Kennedys and,
22–23
,
34
,
38–39
,
47
,
62
,
68
,
91
,
96
,
102
,
104
,
106
,
114
,
123
,
127
,
132
,
148

move to larger home (1920),
38–39

Rosemary and,
22
,
23
,
54
,
77–78
,
91
,
103
,
104
,
106
,
123
,
127
,
131
,
132–33
,
145
,
146
,
147–48
,
149
,
221

trip to London,
102

death,
221

Kennedys and,
22–23
,
34
,
38–39
,
62
,
91
,
102
,
104
,
106
,
114

move to larger home (1920),
38–39

Rosemary and,
23
,
91
,
123
,
124
,
131
,
132–33
,
179
,
221–22

trip to London,
102

background,
152–53

beliefs/methods,
152
,
153–54
,
159

Rosemary/Rosemary’s parents and,
156
,
159
,
167

Saint Gertrude’s School,
152
,
153–54

background,
194

Children Limited
publication/Rosemary and,
199

Kennedy Foundation award,
203–4

establishment,
199
,
200
,
202–3

purpose,
203

renaming,
277
n 203

Rosemary and,
70
,
71
,
85
,
87–88

school/educational program,
70–71

Rose and,
85–86

Rosemary and,
70
,
71
,
80
,
81
,
83
,
84–86
,
87–88

school/educational program,
70–71

Newton’s School and,
72–73

Rosemary and,
72–73
,
77
,
78–79
,
134

Rose and,
13
,
72
,
134
,
253
n 73

Rosemary and,
72–73
,
83–84
,
87–88