Rose Kennedy
| Description: |
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and a member of the Kennedy family. John F. Fitzgerald, her father, was Bostons mayor. She was the wife of businessman and investor Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., who was United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, formally known as Ambassador to the Court of St. Jamess in the UK. Their nine children included President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy. In 1951 she was ennobled by Pope Pius XII, becoming the sixth American woman to be granted the rank of Papal countess. |
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| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/isl4/id/2181 |
| Collection: |
Elkhart Public Library |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/; |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright; |
| Subjects: |
Philanthropists Spouses |
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