Jean Kennedy Smith (1928–2020)
Auteur de The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy
A propos de l'auteur
Jean Kennedy Smith was born on February 20, 1928, in Boston Massachusetts, to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. She is the eighth of their nine children. Her siblings include President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, and the founder of the Special afficher plus Olympics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She was appointed the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland in 1993 by then President Bill Clinton. As ambassador she was instrumental in the Northern Ireland peace process as President Bill Clinton's representative in Dublin. She is the founder of Very Special Arts, an internationally known non-profit dedicated to creating a society where people with disabilities can engage with the arts. She was recognized for her work with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to her by President Barack Obama in 2011. Her book, The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy, made several best seller lists in 2017. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
(jfklibrary.org)
Œuvres de Jean Kennedy Smith
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Smith, Jean Ann Kennedy
- Date de naissance
- 1928-02-20
- Date de décès
- 2020-06-17
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Cause du décès
- COVID-19
- Lieux de résidence
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Bronxville, New York, USA
Dublin, Ireland - Études
- Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart (BA - English)
- Professions
- philanthropist
society doyenne
ambassador (USA to Dublin|1993) - Relations
- Kennedy Sr, Joseph (father)
Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald (mother)
Kennedy, John F. (brother)
Smith, Stephen (husband) - Organisations
- Very Special Arts (Founder)
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 113
- Popularité
- #173,161
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 11
I realise that Jean was the last living Kennedy sibling - she died this year - when she was writing about growing up with her parents and brothers and sisters, and would naturally choose the good memories over the bad (although the last chapter reads like an obituary column), but come on! Joe and Rose never argued and Rose was a devoted mother? We all know about her filing card system, but even Jean acknowledges the team of Irish nannies who 'took charge of diaper changing, bottle washing, pram pushing, ear scrubbing and meal planning'. And Jack famously complained that his mother never held him as a child. The truth will out, however, and Jean also paints a picture of a mother who made siblings correct each other's behaviour ('Bobby, look at Jean. Perhaps you could remind her very nicely that lipstick does not go all over the face') and a father who ordered his own favourite meal - roast beef and Yorkshires - for the whole family on the rare occasion they went out for a meal.
I'm sure the Kennedys loved each other, but we all know far too much about them now for this cute little collection of anecdotes to tell us anything new. Also, there isn't enough about Jack!… (plus d'informations)