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• William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series - Great Lives

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  Biography is the most intimate approach to history and the most entertaining. UMW’s Great Lives lecture series reveals how extraordinary people – some born to privilege and power, others from modest backgrounds – shaped art, literature, science,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rosemary

  the Hidden Kennedy Daughter

  Larson, Kate Clifford

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  Using newly released diaries and letters, Larson presents a complete and well-researched biography of Rosemary Kennedy, including her early life, her forced medical procedure, and her influence on her family.

• Eunice

  the Kennedy Who Changed the World

  McNamara, Eileen

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  Eunice Kennedy Shriver had a close relationship with her sister and named Rosemary as an inspiration to her.

• The House of Kennedy

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  Patterson’s readable biography of the Kennedy family, including Rosemary.

• "THE LOST KENNEDY; Given a lobotomy and banished to a mental asylum, her harrowing story would have remained Camelot's darkest secret if - right up until her death this week - Eunice Kennedy had not used the Special Olympics to stop her sister Rosemary from becoming a sordid footnote in the family's history." Daily Mail [London, England], 15 Aug. 2009, p. 30. Gale In Context: Biography.

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  This article describes the aftermath of the medical procedure that Rosemary Kennedy was forced to undertake and her relationship with her sister, Eunice. You will need your CRRL card to access the Gale in Context: Biography database

• The Missing Kennedy

  Rosemary Kennedy and the Secret Bonds of Four Women

  Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth

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  Koehler-Pentacoff explores the later years of Rosemary Kennedy and her life at the Catholic nursing facility under the care of the author’s aunt.

• Rose Kennedy

  the Life and Times of a Political Matriarch

  Perry, Barbara A. (Barbara Ann), 1956-

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  Perry explores the life of the Kennedy matriarch and her relationship with her children.