Rose kennedy cause of death
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Times to Remember
Here’s something I learned:
Actually, there were two societies in Boston. One of them was almost entirely Protestant and was mainly of English descent, though with admixtures of Scottish, Scot-Irish, and even some Irish, plus a soupçon of French and others; in any case, all descended from colonial or early American settlers, blended into the general breed called Yankee or old American or (in a term coined later) “proper Bostonians.” Their main citadel and symbol was the region known as Back Bay where wealthy and distinguished families such as the Cabots and the Lodges lived serenely amid ancestral portraits and mahogany sideboards and silver tea services in spacious houses on large grounds. With the advantages of inherited wealth and status and close-knit interfamily ties, they controlled the banks, insurance companies, the big law firms, the big shipping and mercantile enterprises, and almost all the usual routes to success, and thus were a self-perpetuating aristocracy. They had many admirable quali
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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald was born in Boston’s North End on July 22, 1890, the eldest child of John F. (“Honey Fitz”) and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald.
She was first introduced to politics as a child. When she was 5, her father was a congressman. By the time she turned 15, Honey Fitz was one of the most popular and colorful mayors Boston had ever known. He once took Rose and her sister Agnes to visit President William McKinley in the White House, and the president at one point said to Agnes, "You're the prettiest girl who has entered the house." Rose remarked later, "I knew right then that I would have to work hard to do something about myself." Her graduation from Dorchester High School in June 1906 was front-page news in the Boston newspapers as Mayor Fitzgerald proudly gave his daughter her diploma.
Rose had been accepted at Wellesley College during her junior year in high school, but her father enrolled her in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, in Boston, at the suggestion of Archbishop William O'Connell. At the age of 90, in an interview with
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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Life to Remember
On the Campaign Trail
After the war, Jack decided to run for Congress in 1946, Rose supported his campaign. No stranger to politics, she used her Boston connections to help her son. The community still remembered her as the mayor’s daughter, and she spoke at special rallies to adoring audiences about her years in Europe and the challenges of raising nine children. Her son Ted would say “Mother is superb in talking with a group. She knows what the audience’s interests are likely to be. She has a feel for these things and also she has done her homework.” With his family’s support, Jack won the seat. A mere six years later, he turned his attention to the Senate.
During Jack’s 1952 senate campaign, Rose found new space to campaign hosting teas and receptions to drum up new support. These “Kennedy Teas” were enormously successful. Rose, her daughters Eunice, Patricia, and Jean, and their cousin-in-law Pauline Fitzgerald hosted 33 teas for around 70,000 guests, nearly all of them women. Jack won the election by 70,737 votes. His opponent, H
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