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Academy of the Sacred Heart (New York), 31, 209
Ace of Clubs, 31–32, 46, 59, 88
Addis Ababa, 314
Addison’s disease, 189, 191–92, 214, 215, 238, 275
Adenauer, Konrad, 257
Adzhubei, Aleksei, 258
Aeschylus, 291–92
Agony and the Ecstasy, The (Stone), 297–98
Air Force One, 254, 261, 276
Airlie, Dowager Lady, 126
Albania, 136
Alcott, Bronson, 15
Alcott, Louisa May, 14–15, 16
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 129
All England Club, 143
Alzheimer’s disease, 5
Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles), 60, 294
American Association of University Women, 237
American Medical Association, 164
American Society, 108, 127
Amsterdam, 28
Anglicanism, 172, 175, 177, 178, 209, 300
anti-Semitism, 115, 124, 125, 126, 128
Appalachian Regional Commission, 246
Aquitania, 64
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, 226
Argentina, 162, 163
Argyrol, 206
Arizona, 88, 92
Arlington National Cemetery, 277, 296, 333
Armistice Day, 125
Arosemena, Carlos, 274
Arpels, Hélène, 196
Asquith, Lady, 127
Associated Press, 98, 130, 240, 316–17
Assumption convent (Philadelphia), 101, 154, 155
Astor, Nancy, 138, 143, 177
Astor, Vincent, 36, 138
Atatürk, Mustafa, 132
Athenia, 146
“At Home with the Kennedys,” 228, 270
atomic bomb, 259
Attlee, Clement, 117
Auchincloss, Janet Lee, 204
Australia, 125
Austria, 136, 205, 261
Avedon, Richard, 246, 247
Balfour Resolution, 286
Baltimore, Md., 40, 236
Bancroft Hotel, 199
Barbados, 162–63
Barkley, Albert, 243
Barnes, Albert C., 206
Bartlett, Charles, 203
Baruch, Bernard, 141
Bayh, Birch, 281
Bay of Pigs invasion, 252–53
BBC, 136, 322
Bearsted, Viscount, 115
Beauchamp, Cari, 141, 356n
Beecher, Henry Ward, 5
Belgium, 38
Belloc, Hilaire, 59
Belmont House, 147
Berchtesgaden, 114
Berks, Robert, 290
Berlin, 27, 39, 118, 255, 256
Bernadette Soubirous, Saint, 128
Berquist, Laura, 299
Bethlehem, 133
Bethlehem Steel, 184
Betts, Henry, 262–65
Billings, K. LeMoyne “Lem,” 88, 91, 161, 171, 203, 232, 247, 248, 258, 362n
birth control, 46–47, 92
Bishop, Jim, 299, 371n
Bismarck, Otto von, 22
Blenheim Palace, 105, 143
Blumenthal, Sacred Heart convent, 21–26, 27–28, 38, 47, 98, 120, 128–29, 134, 135, 233
Boland, Edward, 317
bomb shelters, 259
Boston, Mass., 16–17, 20, 24, 53, 69, 83, 88, 91, 112, 128, 158, 186, 190, 196, 197, 209, 214, 303
Brahmins of, 34, 65, 102
Edward M. Kennedy Institute in, 333–34
historic sites in, 10, 12, 15, 66, 71, 197, 213, 282
“Honey Fitz” as mayor of, 17–19, 33, 40–41, 43, 185, 189, 330
Irish immigrants in, 2, 10, 16, 34, 45
JFK Library in, 9–10, 326, 327, 333
JFK’s 1946 congressional campaign in, 188–90
John F. Kennedy Federal Building dedication in, 290
Kennedys’ Brookline home in, 44–45, 57, 187–88, 268, 304
North End neighborhood of, 2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 32, 45, 201, 332, 333
Rose Kennedy Greenway in, 332
RK’s birth in, 2, 10, 11
RK’s campaigning in, 33, 188, 189, 201–2, 284–85, 317, 328
RK’s funeral in, 2, 4–7
Boston Braves, 44
Boston Chamber of Commerce, 38, 40
Boston City Hospital, 48
Boston Common Council, 12
Boston Community Fund, 186
Boston Globe, 33, 43, 195, 218, 361n
Boston Latin School, 10–11, 19, 34, 35, 47
Boston Post, 20, 33, 96
Boston Public Works, 9
Boston Red Sox, 66
Boston Sunday Advertiser Green, 122
Boston Sunday Globe, 19
Boston Traveler,193
Boston University, 254
Bow, Clara, 60
Boxmoor school, 149
Boyer, Charles, 89
Brahmins, 34, 65, 102
British Museum, 132
Bronxville, N.Y., 73, 75, 77, 81, 94, 95, 98, 134, 142, 152, 159, 268, 270, 309, 311
Bronxville School, 73
Brooks, Miss (governess), 59
Bruce, Marie, 132, 177, 179, 205, 207, 286, 292, 310
Brussels, 28, 38, 182
Brynner, Yul, 373n
Buck, Pearl, 293
Buckingham Palace, 101, 102, 104, 109, 135, 138–39, 199, 250
Buenos Aires, 163
Bullitt, William C., 90, 111
Bunker Hill (steamship), 18–19
Burns, John, 156, 357n
Bush, George W., 244
Byrnes, Jimmy, 157
California, 72, 88–89, 167–68, 213, 226–28, 239, 244, 291, 292–93, 294, 325
RK’s first trip to, 59–60, 160
RK’s 1927 trip with Joe Sr. in, 68–69, 293
Callas, Maria, 300
Cambridge University, 86, 117
Cameron, Gail, 319–20
Camp Fernwood, 155
Canada, 304, 317
Canadian Association for Retarded Children, 288
cancer, 3, 62, 333
Canfield, Cass, 320
Cannes, 112–13, 131, 144, 163, 192
Canterbury, archbishop of, 127, 142
Canterbury School, 79
Carol II, King of Romania, 125
Cartagena, 40
Carter, Jimmy, 327, 328, 329, 330
Casals, Marta, 258
Casals, Pablo, 257–58
Cassini, Oleg, 246
Castro, Fidel, 252, 257, 367n
Catalina Island, 60–61
Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston), 197
Catholic Church, Catholicism, 2, 3–4, 14, 17, 18, 21, 43, 69, 81, 102, 109, 112, 134, 140, 142, 162, 168–69, 175, 191, 197, 201, 203, 208, 216, 220, 222, 225, 230, 242, 257, 261, 277, 279, 286, 298, 307, 308, 331, 335
birth control and, 47, 92
Blessed Virgin doctrine of, 25, 128
“corporal and spiritual works of mercy” promoted by, 32–33, 183
on divorce, 54, 140, 192
ecumenical movement in, 301–2
European religious conflicts vs., 22–23, 139, 178
as issue in 1960 presidential campaign, 229, 231, 232, 233–34, 236, 237, 238, 249
Jackie labeled as “public sinner” by, 301–2
Kathleen’s interfaith marriage and, 175–78, 183, 268
Kennedy children’s milestones in, 49, 68, 135, 270
legend of Mater Admirabilis in, 121
Mass for the Feast of Immaculate Conception in, 128
patriarchy in, 28, 56, 211
RK as seeking solace in, 5, 25, 182–83, 194, 195, 276, 295, 297, 299–300
RK’s charitable work for, 197, 209, 210–11, 226, 259, 325
RK’s commitment to, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 17, 21, 25, 28, 39, 54, 55, 56, 57, 71, 72–73, 76, 90–92, 128, 134–35, 154, 171, 182–83, 197, 199, 212, 218, 265, 266, 268, 276, 295, 296, 297, 299–300, 321, 331
RK’s criticisms of, 301–2
schism between Protestants and, 31, 65, 115, 177
in Soviet Union, 90
on spousal and parental responsibilities, 32, 54, 55, 56
women’s clubs established in, 31–32
see also specific Catholic convents and institutions
Catholic Daughters of America, 226
Catholic Encyclopedia, 32
Catholic Herald, 102
Catholic schools, 12, 20, 23–24, 31, 32, 57, 87, 97, 109, 112, 120–22, 148, 154, 168, 176, 226, 229, 236, 315
see also specific convent schools
Catholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese of New York, 211, 223
Cavanaugh, John, 277
Cavendish, Andrew, 193
Cavendish, Deborah Mitford “Debo,” Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, 99, 109–10, 177
Cavendish, Lord Andrew, 109
CBS, 304
CBS News, 329
CBS radio, 157
Cedar Rapids Gazette, 223
Cenotaph, 125
Central America, 40
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 252
Chagall, Marc, 284
Chamberlain, Neville, 102, 103, 111, 113–14, 115, 117, 119, 127, 136, 137, 139–40, 145, 146, 233
Chaplin, Charlie, 60
Chappaquiddick scandal, 4, 305–8, 309, 314, 316, 329
Chartwell estate, 88
Chase, Ilka, 168
Chequers, 139
Chicago, Ill., 39, 46, 59–60, 211, 220, 291
Child of Mary Medal, 28, 128–29
Children’s Zoo (London), 106
Children to Palestine Committee, 210
Chile, 163
Choate School, 79–80, 85, 87, 181, 290, 309, 373n
Christ Child Society, 209, 210
Christian Brothers church (Addis Ababa), 315
Christian Science Mother Church (Boston), 47
Christina, 314, 318
Churchill, Pamela, 191
Churchill, Randolph, 141
Churchill, Winston, 88, 117, 155, 233
Church of England, 21
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), 133
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 252
Civil War, US, 10, 242
Clasby, Mary Jo Gargan, 181–82, 183, 213, 214, 256
Clasby, Richard, 213
Cleveland, Grover, 284
Clinton, Bill, 334
Cliveden, 138, 143
Club of Champions Award, 211
Coates, Paul, 227–28
Coconut Grove nightclub, 60
“Coffee with the Kennedys,” 270–71
Cohasset, 61
Collier’s, 218
Collins, Mickey, 140
Collins, Patrick, 16
Colón, 40
Colored Women’s Democratic Campaign Committee of Maryland, 236
Columbia Trust bank (East Boston), 41, 45
Communist Party, 261
Communists, Communism, 102, 202
Comstock Act (1873), 46
Concord, Mass., 12, 14, 15–16, 71, 76
Concord, N.H., 225, 226
Concord Academy, 16
Concord High School, 16
Congress, US, 16, 17, 46, 186, 190, 199, 202, 233, 269, 307, 332, 334
see also House of Representatives, US; Senate, US
Connecticut, 79, 97, 154, 288
contraception laws in, 47
Connolly, Sybil, 304
Conservative Party, British, 117, 155
Considine, Bob, 285–86
contraception, 46–47
Cooper, John Sherman, 213
Cooper, Lorraine, 213
Copenhagen, 286–87
Cornelia, Sister Mary, 317
Coughlan, Robert, 166, 169–70, 194, 320, 321–22
Council of Catholic Women, 221–22
Court of St. James’s, 94, 158, 189, 209, 212, 221, 222
Craig House, 165
Crawford, Joan, 170
Cromwell, Oliver, 139
C-SPAN, 2, 344n
Cuba, 40, 256
Cuban Missile Crisis, 256
Cudahy, John, 118
Cumberland Falls, Ky., 240, 241
Curley, James Michael, 40–41, 186
Cushing, Richard Cardinal, 2, 165, 223, 233, 277, 290, 301, 303
Customs House (Boston), 11
Czechoslovakia, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 127, 136
Daily Herald (London), 119
Daily News (New York), 210, 235
Dalí, Salvador, 101
Dallas, Rita, 261, 267, 278, 295, 305
Dalmane, 278
Dammann, Mother Grace Cowardin, 109
Dear Octopus (Smith), 123
Declaration of Independence, 69
de Gaulle, Anne, 253–54
de Gaulle, Charles, 253–54, 257, 261, 277
de Gaulle, Yvonne Vendroux, 253–54, 261
Democratic National Convention, 294
of 1912, 40
of 1940, 185
of 1956, 215–16
of 1960, 226, 237, 239–40
of 1980, 329
Democratic Party, Democrats, 16, 54, 66, 85, 216, 232, 234, 242, 291, 325
see also specific elections
Democratic Women’s Club (Kentucky), 240
Depression, Great, 81, 85, 118
Derby, Lord, 106
de Valera, Eamon, 134
Devonshire, Duchess of, 109, 175, 177, 178, 193, 277
Devonshire, Duke of, 109, 129, 175, 177, 277
Dexter elementary school, 62
Diana, Princess of Wales, 127
Dick Cavett Show, The, 313
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 274
Dietrich, Marlene, 110, 143–44
Dillon, Mrs. Douglas, 246
Dinah’s Place, 324–25
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (Manchester), 226
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (Sioux City), 223
Dionne quintuplets, 99
Dodd, Christopher, 7
Dodge, Horace, 151–52
Doers and Dowagers (F.W. Roosevelt), 323
Donat, Robert, 139
Dorchester High School, 16, 17, 168
Dorchester Hotel (London), 108, 127
Doubleday, 320
Douglas, Mike, 287–88
Douglas-Home, Alec, 279
Dresden, 27, 39
Dreyfus Case, 128
Drottningholm Castle, 289
Drug Enforcement Administration, US, 316
Dublin, 21
Dunn, Elizabeth, 98, 113, 146, 154
Dutch Petroleum, 115
Ecuador, 163
Eden, Anthony, 108, 233
Edward VII, King of England, 29, 140, 310–11
Edward Devotion School, 50–51
Edward Everett Grammar School, 16
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, 333–34
Egypt, 128, 131, 133–34, 140
Eisenhower, Dwight, 198, 202, 231, 242, 249, 257
Eisenhower, Mamie, 210, 249
elections, US:
of 1908, 24
of 1916, 66, 198, 271
of 1928, 229
of 1932, 85, 234
of 1940, 156, 157–58
of 1946, 100, 187, 188–90, 198
of 1952, 198–200, 201–3
of 1956, 242
of 1968, 290–94
of 1972, 305, 325
of 1976, 326
of 1980, 328–29, 330
elections, US, of 1960, 231–45, 269
Democratic National Convention in, 226, 237, 239–40
Democratic primaries in, 225, 232–34, 235, 236, 237, 239, 246
Election Night in, 243–45
female political support in, 232–33, 235, 236–37, 240, 241–43
JFK’s Catholicism as issue in, 229, 231, 232, 233–34, 236, 237, 238, 249
JFK’s pre-campaign winning of support for, 222, 224, 225–28, 229
presidential debates in, 241, 243
RK’s “tea party”/”coffee hour” campaigning in, 232–33, 234, 236–37
Elgin, Lord, 132
Elizabeth, Queen Mother of England, 96, 101, 102–3, 125, 126, 136–37, 139, 140, 141–42, 143, 231, 251
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 102, 103, 137–38, 204, 251
Elmhurst Convent, 210
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 15
Ena, Queen of Spain, 129
England, see Great Britain
English Derby, 106, 212
Epsom Downs, 100–101, 105–6
Erhard, Ludwig, 277
Erin III, 29–30, 45
Ethiopia, 314–15
Europe in the Spring (Luce), 151
Evening Standard (London), 106
Exner, Judith Campbell, 375n
Fairbanks, Douglas, 44, 60, 61
Faneuil Hall (Boston), 328
Fayne, James A., 202, 210, 218, 219
Fessenden School, 197
Film Booking Offices of America (FBOA), 64, 65
Fitzgerald, Agnes, 11, 12, 59, 60, 68, 213, 254, 330
at Blumenthal convent, 21, 22, 23–24, 27–28
death of, 93
European trips of, 20–21, 26–27, 28–30, 38–39
Fitzgerald, Bob, 303
Fitzgerald, Eunice, 13, 58, 62
Fitzgerald, Fred, 332
Fitzgerald, Frederick, 13, 38
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 10
Fitzgerald, John, Jr., 13, 38
Fitzgerald, John F. “Honey Fitz,” 2, 7, 10–11, 12, 14, 15, 26–28, 34, 37, 40, 45, 46, 48, 54, 58, 62, 90, 94, 107, 109, 114, 141, 142, 151, 157, 158, 168, 184, 189, 193, 209, 211–12, 213, 233, 245, 254, 256, 265, 270–71, 282, 285, 330, 332
as Boston mayor, 17–19, 33, 40–41, 43, 185, 189, 330
death of, 197, 284
European trips of, 20–21, 28–30, 37–39
extramarital affairs of, 41
as grandfather, 66, 68, 92–93, 168, 197
Joe Sr.’s courtship of RK opposed by, 19–20, 22, 30–31, 34, 35–36, 38, 41, 43, 47, 96, 176
political career of, 7, 12, 13, 16–19, 20, 24, 28, 33, 35, 40–41, 43, 66, 92, 185, 186, 189, 190, 198, 199, 202, 223, 228, 270, 271, 319, 330
prolonged absences of, 13, 19, 41, 55
RK as favored child of, 33, 37–38, 197
RK’s education dictated by, 20, 22, 31, 43, 63, 209, 265
“Sweet Adeline” as theme song of, 12, 20, 33, 96, 271
Fitzgerald, Mary Josephine Hannon “Josie,” 10, 11, 12, 13–15, 19, 20, 21, 26–28, 33, 37, 38, 40, 41, 46, 54, 55, 68, 107–8, 114, 141, 142, 189, 197, 214, 256, 292
as abdicating role of mayor’s wife, 17–18, 37, 319
death of, 284
declining health of, 272, 279–80
RK’s correspondences with, 109, 127, 130, 131–32
as strict disciplinarian, 13–14
Fitzgerald, Polly, 291
Fitzgerald, Rose Mary Murray, 10
Fitzgerald, Thomas (brother), 12, 38
Fitzgerald, Thomas (grandfather), 10
Fitzwilliam, Lord Peter, 190–91, 192, 193, 194
Flagler, Henry, 36
Flame of Hope perfume, 303
Flanagan, Newman, 221–22
Fleeson, Doris, 235
Florida, 82, 244, 260
Fore River Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, 52, 53, 94
Fort Lauderdale News, 231
Fortune, 141
France, 22, 111, 116, 129, 151, 180, 181, 192, 201, 310
JFK memorialized in, 280
in prelude to World War II, 112, 113, 117, 135
RK’s trips to, 21, 39, 83, 84, 89, 101, 109–13, 126, 131, 135, 143–44, 197, 200–201, 205, 214, 216, 240, 253–54, 255–56, 261, 272, 280, 283–84, 286, 310–11, 312, 363n
Shriver as US ambassador to, 293, 310
see also Paris
France, Battle of, 153
Franco, Francisco, 131, 136, 257
Franco-Prussian War, 113
Frankfurter, Felix, 86
Freeman, Walter, 164
French Canadians, 201, 316, 317
French Riviera, 109–11, 112–13, 143–44, 158, 192, 194, 214, 216, 217, 240, 252, 255–56
Frost, David, 318–19
Fulbright, J. William, 245–46
Fulbright, Mrs., 246
Fulbright Fellowships, 245
Gandhi, Indira, 257
Gargan, Agnes Fitzgerald, see Fitzgerald, Agnes
Gargan, Ann, 183, 239, 260, 262, 263, 264, 266, 267, 273, 275, 295, 308
Gargan, Joey (nephew), 183, 305
Gargan, Joseph (brother-in-law), 93
Garland, Judy, 220
Garson, Greer, 139
General Motors, 141, 142
Georgetown Hospital, 245
George V, King of England, 126
George VI, King of England, 96, 101, 102, 103, 125, 126, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141–42, 175, 209, 231, 250
stutter of, 142–43
George Washington University Hospital, 164
Germany, 22, 23
RK’s trips to, 21, 25, 27, 38, 39, 233
Germany, Nazi, 117, 322
in Munich pact, 116, 117, 127–28
persecution of Jews in, 124, 125, 126
Poland invaded by, 145
in prelude to World War II, 111, 113–14, 115, 126, 127, 136, 138, 144, 146, 311
in World War II, 153, 155, 156, 179–80, 182, 183
Gibbs, Dorothy, 110, 147, 149
Gielgud, John, 123
Girls Town, 292
“Giving Children the Gifts of Faith and Courage” (Rose Kennedy), 309–10
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 26
Gold Star Mothers, 181, 189
Good, Frederick, 69
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (film), 139
Good Housekeeping, 319
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 20, 166, 351n
Goodwin, Richard, 307
Gore, Al, 244
Grace, Peter, 98, 99
Grady, J. Harold, 236
Graham, Billy, 280
Great Britain, 133, 173, 187, 192
Joe Sr. as US ambassador to, 3, 94, 95, 96–97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 107, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118–20, 122, 124, 125, 129, 134, 136, 139, 140–41, 144, 145, 149, 151, 155–56, 157, 158, 212
Kennedy media blitz in, 99–100, 104, 106–7, 108–9, 127
in Munich pact, 116, 117, 127–28
outbreak of World War II in, 145–47
in prelude to World War II, 111, 113–14, 115–17, 118, 125, 127–28, 135, 136–37, 143, 144
RK’s Irish roots in conflict with desire for acceptance in, 128, 134
RK’s move to, 97–100
RK’s social life in, 102, 103, 105–8, 125–26, 127, 135–41
RK’s trips to, 21, 29–30, 39, 89, 190, 197
in World War II, 153, 155, 156, 157, 175, 179–80
see also London
Great Depression, 81, 85, 118
Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald), 10
Greece, 132, 274, 311, 314
Greek Orthodoxy, 302
Greenbrier Inn, 44, 153
Griffin, Merv, 297–98
Guggenheim, Peggy, 323
Guild of the Infant Saviour, 259
Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden, 289
Gwirtzman, Milton, 307
Hadassah, 325
Haile Selassie, 274, 279, 314–15
Hamburg, 38
Hammersmith Farm, 205
Hapsburg monarchs, 39
Harper & Row, 320
Harper’s Bazaar, 246, 247
Hartington, Billy, 109, 129, 164, 172, 175–78, 179, 182, 268
death of, 2–3, 182–83, 190, 199, 361n
Hartington, Kathleen Kennedy, see Kennedy, Kathleen “Kick”
Harvard Club, 209
Harvard Institute of Politics, 313
Harvard Law School, 86, 112, 148, 164, 357n
Harvard University, 11, 31, 34, 36, 37, 41, 43, 51, 54, 59, 65, 83, 88, 92, 97, 107, 110, 112, 122, 148, 154, 189, 214, 246, 255, 287
JFK dedication at, 313
Joe Jr.’s graduation from, 353n
Teddy’s expulsion from, 200, 217, 306
Hatch, Orrin, 7
Hawaii, 213
Hayden, Stone brokerage firm, 53, 63
Heaney, Seamus, 334
Helena Victoria, Princess, 143
Hennessey, Luella, 97, 98, 113, 123, 152, 261, 267
Henry IV (Shakespeare), 116
Hickory Hill estate, 220, 273
Hitler, Adolf, 113–14, 115, 125, 126, 127, 136, 141, 144, 145, 146, 179
Hoffa, Jimmy, 285
Holland, 21, 23
Hollywood, Calif., 60, 67, 68, 69, 77, 88–89, 170, 220, 293
Holyhood Cemetery (Brookline, Mass.), 7, 308, 332
Holy Trinity Church (Georgetown), 249
Homestead spa, Va., 175–76, 193, 241, 268
Hong Kong, 214
Hoover, Herbert, 85, 229
Hoover, J. Edgar, 211
Hospital for Special Surgery (New York), 215
Hotel Commodore (New York), 284
Hot Springs, Va., 176, 241
Houghton, Arthur, 134
House of Commons, British, 117, 136, 145, 146
House of Representatives, US, 334
“Honey Fitz” as congressman in, 12, 13, 16, 17, 66, 186, 199, 202
JFK as congressman in, 190, 197, 270, 334
JFK’s 1946 campaign for, 100, 187, 188–90, 198, 199
Hughes, Charles Evans, 65
Hughes, Howard, 60
Hull, Cordell, 113
Humphrey, Hubert, 232, 233, 234, 236, 284
Hungarian Revolution (1956), 261
Hunt, Edward E., 192–93
Hutton, Barbara, 89
Hyannis Port compound, 9, 65, 69, 72, 77, 87, 142, 172, 173, 178, 179, 180, 183, 184, 187, 188, 193, 197, 204, 208, 214, 230, 237, 238, 244, 263, 264, 274, 277, 282–83, 294–95, 300, 305, 306, 307–8, 313–14, 315, 321, 324, 353n
bustling family activity at, 82–83, 122–23, 256, 283
“Coffee with the Kennedys” filmed at, 270–71
as gathering place for mourning, 2, 181, 193, 308
1960 election victory at, 244–45
preservation of, 334
RK’s ninety-second birthday celebration at, 330–31
RK’s written instructions to in-laws regarding, 266–67
Teddy’s childhood recuperation at, 170
television interviews at, 199, 322, 323
Thanksgiving celebrations at, 159, 258, 275, 331
tourist traffic at, 256, 302
Hyde Park (FDR estate), 4, 94, 134, 142, 201
Hyde Park (London), 116–17
Illinois, 244
India, 213–14, 257, 363n
Indiana, 225, 291–92
Indianapolis, Ind., 291–92
Indochina, 201, 363n
Institute of Rehabilitation (New York), 262
International News Photography Service, 87
Iowa, 221, 222–23, 224, 244
1980 Democratic caucuses in, 328–29
Iran, 363n
Ireland, 10, 39, 96, 110, 113, 114, 123, 153, 304
Jean Kennedy Smith as US ambassador to, 3, 334
North-South conflict in, 140
RK’s trips to, 21, 30, 38, 98–99, 190
see also Northern Ireland
Irish America Hall of Fame, 335
Irish Americans, 7, 16, 30, 189
Irish Free State, 134
Irish immigrants, 2, 10, 16, 34, 45
Isabel, Mother, 101, 137, 147, 149, 155
Israel, 363n
Italian Americans, 201–2, 317
Italy, 89, 117, 131, 132, 134–35, 136, 151, 163, 201, 202
Izvestia, 258–59
Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero (Matthews), 373n
Jacobs, Helen, 107
Japan, 213, 214, 226, 363n
in World War II, 167, 173
Jerusalem, 115, 132, 133, 286
Jews, 114, 115, 127, 246, 286, 325
in immigration to Palestine, 125, 132–33, 210
Nazi persecution of, 124, 125, 126
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 290, 317–18, 334
John F. Kennedy Federal Building, 290
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, 9–10, 166, 206, 280, 286, 326, 327, 333
John Paul II, Pope, 4
Johnson, Lady Bird, 78, 241–42, 243, 249, 276, 279
Johnson, Lyndon B., 78, 276, 279, 284
in 1960 presidential campaign, 236, 237–38, 239–40
John XXIII, Pope, 255, 302
Jordan, Sara, 237
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., USS, 184
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, 3, 184, 211, 223, 227, 228, 269, 282, 287, 289, 291, 320, 324, 335
Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years (Beauchamp), 356n
J. P. Morgan & Co., 53
Jubilee, 233
Junior League, 31
Justice Department, US, 193
Karamanlis, Constantine, 252
Keating, Kenneth, 286
Keene Teachers College, 232
Kefauver, Estes, 216
Kennedy, Caroline, 3, 16, 170, 229, 234, 238, 247, 260, 274, 283, 300, 311, 312, 314, 320, 326
birth of, 220
Kennedy, David, 4
Kennedy, Edward M. “Teddy,” 3–4, 10, 15–16, 90–91, 92, 96, 152, 157, 181, 197, 199, 200–201, 213, 223, 258, 261, 266, 280, 291, 293, 298, 300, 304–5, 308, 319, 320, 322, 326, 327, 330, 331, 332, 368n
alcoholism of, 3, 305
birth of, 71, 80, 83, 265
brothers’ deaths and, 6, 180, 276–77, 283, 295–96, 305
Chappaquiddick scandal of, 4, 305–8, 314, 316, 329
childhood and adolescence of, 24, 71–72, 73–74, 82, 83, 87, 94, 98, 99, 100, 101, 106, 108, 113, 115, 116, 117–18, 122, 131, 135, 146, 148, 159, 162, 170, 184, 188, 209–10, 270
courtship and wedding of, 221
death of, 333
eulogies delivered by, 6–7, 15, 295–96, 344n
as family patriarch, 4, 305
gregarious personality of, 107, 160
Harvard expulsion of, 200, 217, 306
at Hyannis Port, 82, 170, 258, 305, 306, 307–8, 330–31
Institute for US Senate dedicated to, 333–34
irresponsible behavior of, 3–4, 200, 217, 218, 305, 306
as JFK campaign manager, 228–29, 248
loneliness and depression of, 24, 160, 283, 305, 306
military service of, 200, 201
at mother’s funeral, 5, 6–7, 15, 344n
1964 plane crash and convalescence of, 7, 281, 283, 284–85, 286
1980 presidential campaign of, 328–29, 330
presidential aspirations of, 300, 305, 307, 326
religious faith of, 6, 90–91, 135, 266, 270, 331
RK’s close relationship with, 6, 71, 90–91, 170, 266, 310, 330–31
schooling of, 24, 101, 148, 159–60, 170, 197, 200, 209–10, 221
Senate accomplishments of, 316, 333
senatorial campaigns of, 7, 18, 135, 256, 259–60, 262, 266, 270–71, 283–85, 286, 313, 316–17, 326, 330
tonsillectomy of, 113, 116, 117–18
Kennedy, Ethel Skakel, 198, 209, 214, 217, 220, 259, 293, 294, 307, 308
RFK’s wedding to, 196–97
at RK’s funeral, 4, 5, 344n
RK’s written edicts to, 266–67, 273–74
Kennedy, Eunice, see Shriver, Eunice Kennedy
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, see Onassis, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Kennedy, Jean Ann, see Smith, Jean Kennedy
Kennedy, Joan Bennett, 3, 217, 248, 258, 271, 283, 284–85, 293, 307, 308, 316, 329
Teddy’s courtship and wedding to, 221
Kennedy, John F., 3, 5, 11, 24, 64, 97, 108, 110, 112, 122, 129, 130, 145–46, 151, 157, 158, 163, 180, 191, 207, 209, 213, 222, 227–28, 248, 260–61, 269, 274, 292, 295, 296, 300, 301, 302, 308, 310, 311, 312, 314, 317, 323, 329, 333, 335, 353n, 358n, 362n, 363n
Addison’s disease of, 189, 191–92, 214, 215, 238, 275
adolescence of, 70–71, 79–80, 86, 87, 161, 373n
assassination and funeral of, 10, 275–77, 278–79, 286, 297, 320, 325, 326, 375n
back problems and surgeries of, 167, 172–73, 178, 186, 214–15, 253, 275, 283
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 252–53
birth of, 47–48, 304
books published by, 154, 215, 224
Catholicism of, 57, 91, 171, 172, 173, 216, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233–34, 236, 237, 238, 249
celebrity of, 205, 229, 230
charisma of, 61, 75, 80, 199, 216
childhood of, 48, 49, 50–51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 61–62, 66, 67–68, 69–70, 73, 250, 257, 265, 275, 282, 318
in choosing political career path, 185–86, 233
chronic health issues of, 48, 79, 80, 84, 86, 87–88, 167, 168, 174, 178, 179, 189, 191, 214, 237, 250, 265, 290, 373n
as congressman, 190, 197, 270, 334
in courtship of Jackie, 203–4
as father, 274–75, 283
handsome looks of, 122, 154, 199, 216
inauguration of, 248–50
irresponsible and undisciplined behavior of, 24, 61, 62, 70, 87, 154, 174, 250, 257, 265, 313, 318
Joe Jr.’s death and, 180
Joe Sr.’s medical care and, 267
Kathleen’s death and, 193
marital discord of, 216–17, 248
memorabilia exhibition in honor of, 286
mental retardation policy of, 268–69
military service and heroism of, 164, 167, 168, 171, 172–73, 174–75, 186, 218, 233, 234, 238–39, 275
1946 congressional campaign of, 100, 187, 188–90, 198, 199
1952 Senate campaign of, 30, 198–200, 201–3, 204, 316, 317
at 1956 Democratic Convention, 215–16
1958 Senate reelection campaign of, 220, 221, 222–24, 226, 228–29, 270, 316
1960 presidential campaign of, 231–45, 269
Peace Corps founded by, 3, 256
political aspirations of, 184–85, 215–16, 220, 222, 223, 226, 229
presidency of, 251, 252–54, 255, 256–59, 260, 261, 271, 274, 285
as president-elect, 244, 245–46, 247
in presidential debates, 241, 243
public speaking of, 186, 188, 189, 216, 240, 245, 250, 282
RK’s relationship with, 59, 61–62, 70, 154, 168, 169, 171, 205, 373n
in run-up to 1960 presidential campaign, 222, 224, 225–28, 229
scarlet fever of, 48, 58, 68, 275
schooling of, 50–51, 62, 67–68, 73, 79–80, 86, 87–88, 92–93, 97, 122, 148, 154, 163, 185, 189, 229, 255, 290, 309, 313, 373n
scrawny build and weight loss of, 48, 49, 70, 79, 80, 86, 110, 111, 174, 187, 189, 191, 237, 250
state dinners hosted by, 258, 274, 279, 314–15
state visits of, 253–54, 255, 256, 257, 259, 261
tributes and memorials for, 280–82, 288, 290, 304, 313, 317–18
wedding of, 204–5, 363n
womanizing of, 216, 217, 220, 322
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 257, 274–75, 277, 283, 300, 311, 312, 314, 326
death of, 4
premature birth of, 245, 246–47
Kennedy, Joseph P, III, 334
Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 5, 18, 48, 49, 75, 87, 108, 121, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 145–46, 157, 168–69, 171, 177–78, 187, 276, 281, 296, 334
adolescence of, 69–70, 73, 79–80
birth of, 46
childhood of, 47, 50–51, 57, 58, 59, 61–62, 66, 67–68
death of, 3, 180–82, 183, 184, 185, 199, 265, 323, 361n
Harvard graduation of, 353n
military service of, 164, 169, 171–72, 173, 175, 178, 179, 180–81
schooling of, 50–51, 62, 67–68, 73, 79–80, 85–86, 87, 88, 92–93, 97, 107, 112, 148, 164, 290
with US embassy, 111, 112, 125, 209
Kennedy, Joseph P., Sr., 6, 28, 34–35, 37, 44–46, 47, 48, 50, 59, 79, 89–90, 93, 98, 104, 105, 108, 112, 116, 123, 128, 131–32, 135, 140, 147, 172, 182, 183–84, 185, 200, 204, 205, 206, 214, 216, 218, 222, 230, 243, 246, 249, 255, 259, 268, 269, 275, 286, 290, 295, 312, 317, 332
alleged “bootlegging” of, 65–66, 311
ambitious drive and socioeconomic aspirations of, 44, 53, 62, 107, 152
banking career of, 41, 43, 45, 52, 53, 57, 58
behind-the-scenes political role of, 107, 187, 189, 202–3, 211, 220, 226, 227, 232, 235, 237, 239, 251, 252
as chairman of SEC, 86–87, 357n
childhood and adolescence of, 19–20, 35
in courtship of RK, 34, 35–36, 41–42, 47, 96, 322–23
death of, 3, 308–9
dominating family role of, 70, 74, 166–67, 169–70, 212, 265
draft deferment of, 52–53
emotional stoicism and, 152, 180, 194
as family “fixer” of mishaps and scandals, 217, 306, 307
FDR administration’s growing discord with, 113, 120, 138, 141, 142, 151, 155, 156, 157
in FDR’s presidential campaigns, 85, 93
financial success of, 53, 56, 57–58, 62, 63, 72, 73, 76, 81–82, 95, 133, 208–9, 239, 319, 375n
Honey Fitz’s disapproval of, 19–20, 22, 30–31, 34, 35–36, 38, 41, 43, 47, 96, 176
Jews as viewed by, 115, 125
JFK’s death and, 275–77
JFK’s medical care overseen by, 48, 88, 167, 191–92, 215
JFK’s political career and, 184, 187, 189, 202–3, 216, 220, 226, 227, 237, 239, 244, 251
Joe Jr.’s death and, 180, 184
Joe Jr.’s graduation boycotted by, 353n
Kathleen’s death and, 193, 194
Kathleen’s interfaith marriage and, 175, 176, 177–78
lavish spending by, 56, 61, 62, 118
loving letters to RK sent by, 60, 61, 64–65, 84, 147–48, 151, 152, 351n
midlife crisis of, 152
in movie business, 63–64, 65, 67, 69, 76, 77, 78, 85, 95, 107
paternal role and responsibilities of, 56, 60, 73–75, 83, 84–85, 88, 89, 93, 137, 166–67, 179, 191–92, 215, 217
political aspirations of, 151
political banishment of, 158–59, 167, 187, 240, 251
postwar business empire of, 184, 220, 221
prewar German “appeasement” efforts of, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118–20, 146, 311, 322
prolonged absences of, 23, 54, 55–56, 63, 64, 67, 72, 73, 74, 92, 107, 122, 131, 138, 142, 147–48, 151, 152–53, 160, 293
resignation of ambassadorship by, 158, 203, 209
RFK’s political career and, 259
RK’s 1927 California visit with, 68–69, 293
RK’s temporary separation from, 54–55, 68
RK’s written correspondences with, 60, 61, 64–65, 84, 130, 131, 142, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153–54, 156, 190, 205, 207–8, 214, 254, 351n, 363n
Rosemary’s education and treatment overseen by, 84–85, 88, 137, 149–50, 155, 164–66, 167, 170, 215
Rosemary’s lobotomy decided by, 164–66, 169, 192, 215, 266, 323
schooling and education of, 19, 31, 34, 35
in shipbuilding business, 52–53, 94
stress-related ailments of, 53, 65, 152, 153, 155–56
strokes and declining health of, 3, 259–61, 262–66, 267, 272, 273, 274, 289, 296, 297, 300, 301, 305, 306, 308, 319, 324, 331, 368n
Trafalgar Day dinner speech of, 119–20, 121, 143
as US ambassador to Great Britain, 3, 94, 95, 96–97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 107, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118–20, 122, 124, 125, 129, 134, 136, 139, 140–41, 144, 145, 149, 151, 155–56, 157, 158, 212
in visits to FDR White House, 86, 156–57
Wall Street machinations of, 53, 63, 87
wedding and honeymoon of, 43–44, 153
wedding anniversaries of, 84, 118, 151, 243, 284
will and estate of, 375n
womanizing of, 34–35, 44, 54, 55, 68, 76–78, 84, 92, 110, 118, 141, 143–44, 151–52, 208, 217–18, 260, 322
Kennedy, Kara, 3, 271, 305
Kennedy, Kathleen Hartington (RFK’s daughter), 2, 198, 316
Kennedy, Kathleen “Kick,” 2–3, 5, 50, 54, 98–99, 108, 109–10, 111, 112, 129, 145–46, 154, 160, 164, 166, 170, 173, 179–80, 184, 187, 188, 194–95, 196, 198, 221, 281, 292, 300, 316
adolescence of, 87, 89–90, 268
birth of, 48, 55
childhood of, 59, 68, 69, 77, 83
death of, 2, 30, 192–95, 265, 306, 361n
debut party of, 106, 194
Hartington’s courtship of, 109, 164, 172
husband’s death and, 182–83, 190
interfaith marriage of, 175–78, 179, 182, 183, 193, 209, 268, 300
Lord Fitzwilliam’s secret romance with, 190–91, 192, 193, 194
presentation at court of, 102, 103–5
as Red Cross volunteer, 172, 176
schooling of, 118, 148, 154, 176, 268
Soviet Union trip of, 89–90
Kennedy, Mary Hickey, 62
Kennedy, Michael, 4
Kennedy, Patrick (Joe Sr.’s grandfather), 34
Kennedy, Patrick (Teddy’s son), 3, 334
Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier (JFK’s son), 274
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph “P. J.” (Joe Sr.’s father), 16, 19, 65, 82, 107
Kennedy, Robert, Jr., 3, 315
Kennedy, Robert F., 2, 5, 79, 157, 181, 198, 214, 216, 220, 229, 234, 240, 244, 261, 266, 273, 275, 277, 281, 283, 288, 289, 302, 309, 310, 317, 318, 319, 323, 329, 333, 334, 363n
adolescence of, 130, 131, 146, 148, 154, 159, 168
assassination and funeral of, 6, 10, 294–97, 299, 300, 305, 326
as attorney general, 256, 271, 272, 285, 291
birth of, 65
campaign debt of, 303, 371n
childhood of, 65, 67, 69, 73, 83–84, 97, 98, 101, 106, 108, 111, 113, 115, 117, 122, 285, 291
as gifted public speaker, 106, 271–72, 291–92
in JFK administration, 252
as JFK’s campaign manager, 202, 235
media spotlight comfortably embraced by, 98, 106
1964 Senate campaign of, 283–86, 291
1968 presidential campaign of, 290–94, 305
political aspirations of, 255–56, 259, 283
religious faith of, 91
schooling of, 73, 101, 111, 131, 148, 159, 168, 214
as Senate committee staff lawyer, 214, 220, 285
wedding of, 196–97
Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 1–2, 53–54, 93–94, 292, 329–30
as Ace of Clubs founder and president, 31–32, 46, 59, 88
advice and edicts to in-laws from, 41, 216–17, 221, 266–67, 273–74, 311
aging of, 210, 252, 290, 312, 315, 316–17, 321, 326–27, 328, 330, 331
as ambassador’s wife, 98–101, 102, 107, 108, 111, 115, 119–20, 123, 124–28, 129, 135–41, 142–43, 144, 148, 188, 189, 199, 209–10, 221, 222, 224, 226, 228, 231, 250, 259
attention to detail and preoccupation with life’s minutiae of, 58–59, 100, 123, 135, 141, 153–54, 169, 175, 188, 196, 200, 208, 223–24, 265, 266–67, 310–12, 322, 329
autobiography of, 41, 168, 279, 320–22, 332, 346n
autograph collection of, 19, 39, 86, 108, 110, 256–57, 259, 267, 270, 284, 289
awards and honors bestowed upon, 25, 28, 73, 126, 128–29, 197, 209, 210–11, 229–30, 288, 325, 332
birthday celebrations of, 33–34, 61, 314–15, 329, 330–32, 376n
birth of, 2, 10, 11
at Blumenthal convent, 21–26, 27–28, 98, 120, 128–29, 134, 135, 233
books and poems enjoyed by, 14–16
Boston Greenway dedicated to, 332
California trips of, 59–60, 68–69, 88–89, 160, 167–68, 170, 213, 226–28, 292–93, 294, 325
Catholic Church criticized by, 301–2
celebrity encounters of, 60, 69, 76, 88–89, 100, 110, 170
Central American trips of, 40
Chappaquiddick scandal and, 306–8
charitable work of, 32, 197, 209–12, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 231, 254, 259, 261–62, 269, 280, 282, 286, 287, 288–89, 302–3, 304, 309, 313, 314, 317, 320, 324, 325, 326, 331, 335, 364n
childhood and adolescence of, 2, 11–17, 18–20, 62, 134, 264, 265, 316
children’s health as constant concern of, 48–49, 68, 79, 80, 84, 86, 88, 98, 100, 149, 167, 168, 174, 187, 214, 219–20, 247, 265, 293, 311, 373n
children’s schooling overseen by, 61–62, 67, 79, 86, 89, 101, 111, 112, 118, 131, 148, 159, 168, 220, 290
children’s weight monitored by, 49–50, 79, 80, 84, 100, 110–11, 120, 168, 237, 258
in conflict between Irish roots and desire for British acceptance, 128, 134, 140
controlling personality of, 98, 111, 169, 208, 230, 234–35, 265–67, 273, 285, 297, 303, 310–11, 321–22
cost-consciousness and tracking of expenses by, 27, 69, 186–87, 208–9, 248
daughters’ presentation at court and, 103–5
death of, 1, 332–33
debut party of, 33–34, 43
declining health of, 326–27, 331
as devout Irish Catholic, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 17, 21, 25, 28, 39, 54, 55, 56, 57, 71, 72–73, 76, 90–92, 128, 134–35, 154, 171, 182–83, 197, 199, 212, 218, 265, 266, 268, 276, 295, 296, 297, 299–300, 321, 331
emotional stoicism displayed by, 30, 120, 139, 162, 194, 195, 264, 277, 283, 295, 297, 299
empty-nest syndrome of, 160, 187, 188
energy and vitality of, 12, 38, 126, 127, 222, 232, 284, 286, 290, 293, 313, 314, 316–17, 326, 327
escalating tensions in prelude to World War II and, 113–14, 115–16, 118–20, 127–28, 135, 136–37, 138, 143
Ethiopia trip of, 314–15
European trips of, 20–21, 26–27, 28–30, 37–39, 76, 83–84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 92, 101, 109–13, 115–16, 126, 129–30, 131–32, 134, 135, 143–44, 190, 197, 200–201, 205, 207–8, 214, 216, 240, 253–56, 261, 272, 279, 280, 283–84, 286–87, 288–89, 310–11, 312, 314, 324, 363n
fame and popularity of, 96, 98, 99, 100, 108–9, 171, 188, 195, 199, 210–11, 223, 230, 281, 286, 291, 302, 310, 313, 318, 319, 325
family background of, 10–11
family drug scandals and, 315–16
family homes of, 16, 44–45, 57–58, 65, 67, 73, 81–83, 87, 98, 159, 267, 268, 270, 304; see also Hyannis Port compound; Palm Beach, Fla.
family’s public image burnished by, 10, 55, 78, 98–100, 104, 122, 129–30, 138, 176, 195, 209–10, 214, 216, 218, 247, 248, 271, 273, 307, 309, 311, 322, 335, 336
family “supper seminars” and, 5, 32, 69–70, 71, 122
fashion of, 1, 27, 33, 36, 44, 58, 73, 76, 77, 78, 95, 97, 99, 101–2, 103–4, 105, 107, 111–12, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 131, 146, 196, 212, 213, 223, 224, 231, 238, 244, 250, 252, 253, 270, 282, 283, 284, 287, 308, 311, 312, 313, 319, 322, 323, 325, 328, 330
as father’s political travel companion and hostess, 13, 17, 18–19, 35, 37–40, 189, 223
faux pas committed by, 104, 105, 120, 148–49
FDR White House visits of, 86, 103, 156–57
female political support of, 18, 189, 199, 203, 232–33, 235, 236–37, 240, 241–43, 271, 292
food and body image issues of, 11, 50, 126, 141, 206, 208
foreign-language skills of, 23, 31, 98, 130, 201, 253, 254, 261, 283, 286
in frequent trips away from children, 59, 61, 68–69, 83–84, 85, 92, 113, 115–16, 131–32, 219, 280, 319–20
funeral of, 2, 3, 4–7, 344n
golf played by, 44, 73, 97–98, 110, 114, 116, 122, 130–31, 135, 136, 148, 207, 252, 264, 275, 314, 326, 368n
as grandmother, 198, 213, 214, 220–21, 223, 236, 246–47, 271, 273–74, 300, 310, 312, 314, 315–16
hands-on parenting of, 6, 48–49, 56–57, 58–59, 80, 86, 121, 139, 170, 218–20, 280
hired staff of, 45, 47, 49, 56–58, 59, 62, 65, 68, 72, 83, 97, 98, 113, 116, 134, 152, 154, 208, 261, 264, 266, 267, 278, 280, 321
homesickness of, 23–24, 65, 120, 122, 190
at Hyannis Port, 69, 72, 77, 82–83, 122–23, 142, 170, 172, 179, 180, 183, 187, 193, 197, 199, 204, 214, 237, 244–45, 256, 258, 263, 264, 266–67, 270–71, 275–76, 277, 282–83, 294–95, 300, 302, 307–8, 313–14, 315, 322, 323, 324, 330–31
India trip of, 213–14, 257
as indifferent to women’s political issues, 18, 32, 246
insomnia of, 207, 278–79, 326
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) of, 206, 277, 373n
on Jackie-Aristotle Onassis marriage, 300–302
Jackie’s relationship with, 203–4, 238, 244, 247, 300, 311–13, 317–18
Japan trip of, 213, 214, 226
Jews as stereotypically viewed by, 115, 125, 132–33, 246, 325
on JFK overseas state visits, 253–55, 261
JFK’s death and, 10, 275–77, 278–79, 282–83, 297, 318, 323, 326
JFK’s heroic wartime exploits and, 172–73, 174–75
JFK’s inauguration and, 248–50
in JFK’s 1946 congressional campaign, 100, 188–89, 198
in JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign, 30, 198, 199–200, 201–3, 316, 317
in JFK’s 1958 Senate reelection campaign, 221, 222–24, 226, 228–29, 270, 316
in JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign, 231–43, 244, 245, 269
JFK’s relationship with, 59, 61–62, 70, 154, 168, 169, 171, 205, 373n
JFK tributes attended by, 280–82, 288, 290, 304, 313, 317–18
JFK White House visits of, 251, 252–53, 257–58, 259, 271, 274, 279, 314–15, 367n
Joe Jr.’s death and, 180–82, 183, 185, 199, 265, 323
Joe Sr.’s courtship of, 34, 35–36, 41–42, 47, 96, 322–23
Joe Sr.’s death and, 308–9
Joe Sr.’s debilitating strokes and, 260–61, 262–66, 267, 272, 273, 274, 289, 297, 301, 308, 319, 324, 368n
Joe Sr.’s infidelity and, 54, 55, 68, 76–78, 84, 92, 118, 141, 143–44, 152, 208
Joe Sr.’s political banishment and, 158–59, 187
Joe Sr.’s prolonged absences and, 23, 54, 55–56, 63, 64, 67, 72, 92, 107, 131, 138, 142, 147–48, 151, 152–53, 160, 293
Joe Sr.’s written correspondences with, 60, 61, 64–65, 84, 130, 131, 142, 147–48, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153–54, 156, 190, 205, 207–8, 214, 254, 351n, 363n
Kathleen’s death and, 30, 193, 194, 265, 306
Kathleen’s interfaith marriage and, 175–78, 179, 193, 209, 268, 300
last public appearance of, 331
legacy of, 332, 335–36
limited political input of, 119–20, 140, 158, 186, 211–12, 216, 223, 228
marriage to Joe Sr. idealized by, 54, 58, 76, 78, 144, 169–70, 322
maternal hovering of, 80, 86, 169, 280, 373n
maternal responsibilities of, 6, 54, 56–57, 58–59, 68, 72, 74, 80–81, 82, 88, 118, 121, 139, 160, 170, 171, 179, 187–88, 218–20, 230
McKinley White House visit of, 11, 330
media’s intrusiveness and, 109, 114, 115, 127, 129, 301, 302, 318
medications taken by, 205–7, 269, 278–79, 316, 326, 369n
mental retardation outreach and research supported by, 5, 184, 211, 223, 227, 228, 254, 268–69, 282, 286, 287–89, 292, 293, 303, 304, 309, 313, 317, 318, 324, 326, 331, 332, 335
Middle East trip of, 131, 132–34
motherhood theme in public image of, 95, 97, 99, 121–22, 130, 138, 158, 171, 195, 197, 211, 218–19, 223, 230, 231, 236, 240, 255, 259, 286, 288, 290, 332, 335
mother’s failing health and, 272, 279–80
in move to England, 97–100
in move to Riverdale, 65, 67
“nervous tummy” of, 11, 20–21, 50, 76, 126–27, 134, 179, 191, 206, 269, 277
nieces and nephews supervised by, 74, 93, 183, 187
in 1936 Hyde Park visit with FDR, 4, 94, 134, 201
at 1939 World’s Fair, 141–42
oral health as fixation of, 59, 74, 75, 79, 100, 102, 130, 216
outbreak of World War II and, 145–47
in Palm Beach, 36–37, 38, 59, 82, 97, 128, 159, 160, 169, 203, 222, 233, 235, 245–48, 260–61, 262, 264, 279, 289, 322, 323, 324, 326, 331
papal countess citation of, 197, 211
papal encounters of, 4, 85, 94, 201–2, 255, 270
as perfectionist, 1, 10, 15, 25, 35, 50, 74, 104, 122, 138, 335
personal vanity and image-consciousness of, 11, 36, 50, 96, 120, 127, 129–30, 141, 146, 200, 208, 239, 245, 249, 252, 289, 290, 297, 303–4, 312, 314, 319, 331
petite figure of, 11, 50, 96, 97, 99, 121, 141, 208, 214, 223, 239, 250, 274, 282, 293, 319
piano playing and musical training of, 20, 21, 25, 30, 156, 258, 259, 271, 313, 327
at Pope Pius XII coronation, 134–35
positive glossing of negative situations by, 23, 41, 55, 76, 78, 144, 209–10, 216–17
pre-1960 campaign garnering of support by, 222, 223, 224, 225–28
pregnancies and child births of, 46, 47–48, 49, 50, 54, 55–56, 58, 61, 63, 69, 70–71, 83, 167, 208, 216, 239, 265, 269, 304
public speaking of, 32, 88–89, 100, 148–49, 188, 200, 201–2, 203, 209–10, 211–12, 221–24, 225–27, 228, 229, 231–33, 236–37, 240–42, 243, 259, 261–62, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285–86, 289, 291, 292, 303–4, 317, 325
public spotlight embraced by, 1, 12, 17, 18, 38, 98, 100–101, 107, 127, 196, 210–11, 214, 238, 282, 318, 328
punctuality demanded by, 24, 70, 97, 102
in radio endorsement of FDR, 157–58
Reagan White House visit of, 330
rejected Reader’s Digest article by, 218–20
as relegated to bottom of White House protocol list, 252, 253, 254, 259
religiosity conveyed to her children by, 6, 49, 57, 59, 68, 69, 90–91, 168–69, 172–73, 183, 218–19, 220, 230, 286, 298
religious solace sought in wake of tragedies by, 5, 25, 182–83, 194, 195, 276, 295, 297, 299–300
“republican motherhood” practiced by, 18, 35, 164, 219, 294, 323
responsibility and discipline as prized traits of, 24, 28, 35, 86, 90, 92, 93, 133, 217, 218
RFK’s campaign debt and, 303, 371n
RFK’s death and, 10, 294–97, 299, 302, 303, 318, 323, 326
in RFK’s 1964 Senate campaign, 284, 285, 291
in RFK’s 1968 presidential campaign, 290–91, 292–94
RFK’s wedding and, 196–97
Riviera vacations of, 109–11, 112–13, 143–44, 214, 216, 240, 252, 255–56
Rosemary’s disability and, 5–6, 50, 51–52, 72, 85, 106, 112, 147, 154–55, 161–62, 165–66, 211, 212, 227, 253, 254, 266, 268–69, 286, 287–88, 289, 303, 323–24
royal encounters of, 19, 27, 39, 100, 101, 102–3, 105, 107–8, 125–26, 127, 129, 135–39, 140–41, 142–43, 148, 176, 199, 231, 250, 289
Saint Moritz vacation of, 128, 129–30
schooling of, 12, 16, 17, 20, 21–26, 27–28, 30, 31, 32, 43, 63, 104, 120, 134, 135, 209, 254, 265
self-improvement as lifelong pursuit of, 25, 35, 74, 81, 90, 168, 262, 281
serious medical decisions regarding children relinquished by, 88, 149, 165, 167, 191, 192, 215, 263
in Shriver’s 1972 vice-presidential campaign, 325
social life of, 46, 58, 59, 72, 102, 105–8, 118, 123, 125–28, 129, 135–43, 213, 224, 252, 257, 271, 284
solitude from family sought by, 12, 82–83, 84, 98, 113, 122–23, 160, 175–76, 181, 187, 219, 256, 264–65, 272, 273, 279
South American trips of, 40, 162–63
Soviet Union trip of, 89–90, 202
strength and resolve despite family tragedies seen in, 10, 195, 282, 288, 297–98, 299, 301, 304, 309–10, 321, 323, 325, 335
strict and disciplined household run by, 70, 71–72, 74, 80–81, 93, 97, 111, 183
strokes suffered by, 2, 331
surgeries of, 262, 327, 328
as teacher to her children, 5, 6, 69, 71, 80–81, 85, 111, 122, 168, 170, 183, 218–19, 255, 321
“tea party”/”coffee hour” campaigning of, 189, 199–200, 203, 222, 224, 232–33, 234, 236–37, 284–85, 291, 316
Teddy’s close relationship with, 6, 71, 90–91, 170, 266, 310, 331–32
in Teddy’s 1980 presidential campaign, 328–29
in Teddy’s Senate campaigns, 18, 135, 259–60, 262, 266, 270–71, 284–85, 286, 313, 316–17, 326
television appearances of, 199, 200, 203, 227–29, 234, 262, 270–71, 284, 287–88, 296, 297–98, 302–3, 313, 318–19, 324–25
temporary marital separation of, 54–55, 68
traditional, subservient female role accepted by, 18, 32, 56, 74, 119, 120, 166–67, 169–70, 211–12, 218, 219, 223, 227, 228, 246, 265, 319
Trafalgar Day dinner speech and, 119–20, 121
travel observations made by, 21, 29, 30, 36, 37, 40, 58, 60–61, 88–89, 100, 111–12, 113, 117–18, 130, 132–34, 135, 142–43, 162–63, 214, 232, 315
unauthorized biographies on, 319–20
Victorian social mores of, 15, 18, 25, 27, 35, 47, 72, 76, 93, 106, 133, 264, 335
wanderlust of, 22, 40, 58, 59–60, 83–84, 89, 98, 124, 128, 131–32, 142, 162, 163, 167–68, 175, 187, 190, 205, 212–13, 219, 314
wardrobe of family supervised by, 107, 121, 129–30, 134, 183, 230, 310, 311
wealth and material comforts of, 45, 56, 57–58, 62, 73, 95, 112, 118, 144, 208–9, 212, 236, 319
wedding and honeymoon of, 43–44, 153
wedding anniversaries of, 84, 118, 151, 243, 284
White House state dinners hosted by, 274, 279, 314–15
youthful appearance of, 11, 96, 97, 99, 108, 121, 122, 127, 188, 195, 210, 214, 223, 252, 270, 282
Kennedy, Rosemary, 30, 58, 68, 72, 75, 107, 108, 110–11, 113, 122, 149–50, 153, 154–55, 184, 244, 254, 266, 268–69, 281, 286, 287–88, 289, 303, 323–24
birth of, 50
death of, 332–33
debut party of, 106
emotional deterioration of, 160–62, 165
failed lobotomy of, 5, 165–66, 169, 192, 215, 266, 269, 323, 361n
institutionalization of, 165, 166, 187, 212, 227, 269, 288, 323–24, 326, 331, 358n
Joe Sr. as overseeing education and treatment of, 84–85, 88, 137, 149–50, 155, 164–66, 167, 170, 215, 266
presentation at court of, 102, 103–5
RK’s empathy for, 5–6, 51–52, 85
schooling of, 51–52, 84, 85, 97, 101, 112, 137, 147, 149, 154, 155, 165, 288
shielding media from condition of, 97, 108, 147, 150, 165, 209, 211, 212, 223, 227, 288, 361n
Kennedy, Teddy, Jr., 3, 271, 305
Kennedy, Victoria Reggie, 4
Kennedy family:
burnished public image of, 10, 78, 87, 95–96, 97–100, 121–22, 130, 138, 176, 184, 195, 209–10, 214, 216, 218, 229, 247, 248, 271, 273, 305, 307, 309, 311, 314, 322, 335, 336
Camelot mystique and public mythology of, 2, 78, 184, 195, 251, 285, 300, 307, 309, 322, 336, 373n
charitable work and philanthropy of, 48, 184, 211, 221, 223, 227, 228, 230, 254, 268, 269, 273, 282, 287, 289, 309, 313, 320, 324, 331, 334, 365n
Christmas holiday celebrations of, 128, 129–30, 159, 160, 170, 215, 245, 260
Easter celebrations in, 159, 235, 331
emotional stoicism of, 24, 120, 121, 139, 152, 162, 180, 193, 194, 264, 277, 283, 295, 307
homes and estates of, 44–45, 57–58, 65, 67, 73, 81–83, 87, 98, 132, 159, 267, 268, 270, 304; see also Hyannis Port compound; Palm Beach, Fla.
media’s fascination with, 87, 96, 97–101, 104, 106–7, 108–9, 121–22, 127, 129–30, 195, 204, 210, 218, 247, 301, 302, 308
physically active lifestyle of, 50, 52, 83, 84, 95, 97, 110, 130, 161, 273, 324
as political dynasty, 7, 195, 196, 285, 307, 334, 335, 336
Riviera vacations of, 109–11, 112–13, 143–44, 158, 216, 217
Saint Moritz vacation of, 128, 129–30
scandals endured by, 3–4, 41, 77, 78, 216–17, 305–8, 309, 311, 314, 315–16, 322, 329
substance abuse issues of, 3, 4, 14, 220, 305, 315–16
supper seminars of, 5, 32, 69–70, 71, 122
Thanksgiving celebrations of, 127, 159, 258, 275, 331
tragedy and misfortune of, 2–3, 4, 5, 30, 193, 195, 265–66, 280, 281, 295, 296, 297–98, 301, 309–10, 321, 323, 361n
wealth and status of, 45–46, 57–58, 62, 95, 98, 107, 123, 133, 208–9, 283, 302, 319, 375n
Kennedy Family and the Story of Mental Retardation, The (Shorter), 364n
Kentucky, 240, 242–43, 244
Kentucky Derby, 106, 212
Khrushchev, Nikita, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 267
Khrushchev, Nina, 255
Kiko (governess), 154
King, Martin Luther, Jr., assassination of, 291–92
King’s College, 118
Kingston, Jamaica, 40
Kopechne, Mary Jo, 4, 305, 306, 307
Korea, 363n
Korean War, 199
Kristallnacht, 124, 126
Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr., 95
Labour Party, British, 117, 125
Ladies’ Home Journal, 107, 121–22, 309
Ladies of Charity Communion Breakfast, 210
La Failaise, Henri de, Marquis de la Coudraye, 76
Lahey Clinic (Boston), 213, 237
La Madeleine Church (Paris), 135
Laski, Harold, 86, 87, 89
Law, Bernard Cardinal, 4
Lawford, Christopher, 3, 213
Lawford, Patricia Kennedy, 3, 5, 61, 103, 108, 110, 181, 184, 190, 197, 213, 220, 226, 229, 240, 256, 261, 283, 293, 295, 296, 300, 301, 302, 308, 322, 327, 331, 332, 363n
adolescence of, 91, 97, 98, 101, 107, 113, 120–21, 128, 131, 146
childhood of, 69, 72, 77
at convent schools, 101, 103, 120–21, 128, 131, 148, 209
death of, 333
wedding of, 210
Lawford, Peter, 3, 210, 213, 220, 293, 333
Lawford, Sydney, 331
Lawrence Park Country Day School, 148
Leamer, Laurence, 165–66
Lebrun, Albert, 135
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 208
Lee, Lord and Lady, 139
LeHand, Missy, 156
Leipzig, 27
Lenox Club, see Ace of Clubs
leucotomies, 164
Leukemia Research Fund, 231
Lewin, Charles, 262
Library of Congress, 248
Librium, 278
Life, 95–96, 97, 99–100, 115, 141, 151, 244, 245, 250, 313, 335
Lima, 163
Lincoln, Abraham, 242, 243, 282, 284
Lindbergh, Anne, 114–15
Lindbergh, Charles A., 114, 115, 136
Lindbergh, Charles A., Jr., 72, 115, 161
Lipton, Thomas, 29–30, 33–34, 38, 39, 45
Lisbon, 153
Lismore Castle, 190
Little Women (Alcott), 5, 15
lobotomies, 5, 164–66, 169, 192, 215, 266, 269, 323, 361n
Lodge, George, 271
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 198, 202, 203
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Sr., 66, 198, 271
London, 21, 22, 29, 39, 76, 88, 98, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 122, 123, 130–31, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149, 152, 157, 172, 173, 176, 182, 184, 191, 197, 199, 204, 209, 250
German air raids on, 153, 155, 156, 179–80
Kennedy family’s arrival in, 99–100, 101
RK’s social engagements in, 102, 103, 105–8, 125–26, 127, 135–37, 138–40, 142–43, 224
wartime evacuation of, 146–47
see also Great Britain
London, Jack, 170
London, University of, 118
Londonderry, Lord, 140
London School of Economics, 86, 87
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 15
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 38, 323
Look, 246, 247, 299, 302
Loren, Sophia, 319
Los Angeles, Calif., 60, 68, 69, 170, 226–28, 236, 237, 240
Louisiana, 244
Lourdes, 201
Luce, Clare Boothe, 141, 151–52, 156, 323, 356n
Luce, Henry, 115, 141
Luftwaffe, 155
MacDonald, Malcolm, 125
MacDonald, Ramsay, 125
Macdonald, Torbert, 313
Macmillan, Harold, 277
MacNeil, Robert, 93, 297, 322–23
MacSwain, Miss (governess), 68–69
Mafia, 285, 375n
Mamoru, Shigemitsu, 213
Manchester, N.H., 225, 232
Manchester Daily Dispatch, 108
Manhattanville College, 31, 109, 148, 183, 188, 196, 209, 226, 237, 271–72
Kennedy Physical Education Building at, 221
Maplehurst Convent, 148
Margaret, Princess of York, 103, 137–38
Margin for Error (Luce), 156
marijuana, 315
Maritime Commission, US, 94, 146, 357n
Marlborough, Duchess of, 143
Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., 305
Mary, Queen consort of England, 107–8, 126
Marycrest College, 223
Maryland, 225, 259
1960 Democratic primaries in, 236, 237
Massachusetts, 6, 30, 40, 65, 185, 201, 202, 226, 228, 229, 231, 244, 285, 316, 325, 329, 334
Teddy Kennedy’s Senate campaigns in, 7, 18, 135, 256, 259–60, 262, 266, 270–71, 283–85, 286, 313, 316–17, 326, 330
Mater Admirabilis, 121
Matthews, Chris, 373n
Maud, Queen of Norway, 126
Mauretania, 146
Maxwell, Elsa, 88–89
Mayer, Louis B., 60
McCall’s, 255, 323
McCarthy, Eugene, 292, 293, 294
McCormack, John, 129
McGovern, George, 325
McIntyre, James Cardinal, 226
McKinley, William, 11, 330
McNamara, Robert, 246, 307
Merchandise Mart, 184, 194, 220
Mexico, 60
Michigan, 244, 263
“Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, The” (Longfellow), 6, 15–16
Milton Academy, 159
Mizner, Addison, 82
Molyneux, Edward, 101, 131, 250
Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci), 271
Moniz, António Egas, 164, 165
Monkey Club (London), 137
Montgomery, Robert, 170
Moody, Helen Wills, 107
Moore, Edward, 58, 59, 61, 68, 78, 86, 134, 149, 152, 153, 154, 320
Moore, Mary, 58, 61, 68, 86, 134, 149, 153, 283, 320
Moore, Melba, 319
Morgan State University, 236
Morris, Sylvia Jukes, 151, 356n
Morrissey, Frank, 214
Mount Mercy College, 223
Movietone News, 105
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 207
Mudd, Roger, 329
Mulqueen, Reverend Mother, 226
Munich Agreement (1938), 116, 117, 127–28
Muñoz Marin, Luis, 258
Mussolini, Benito, 136
Nashua, N.H., 225, 226
National American Woman Suffrage Association, 18
National Association for Retarded Children, 358n
National Gallery of Art, 271
Naval Air Station, US, 164, 169
Navy, British, 153
Navy, US, 164, 167, 169, 171, 175, 184, 246
Navy Cross, 181
Navy League, British, 119
Nawn, Hugh, 34, 38, 176, 207, 254
Nazi Party, 113
see also Germany, Nazi
NBC, 331
Nebraska, 225, 291, 292
1960 Democratic primaries in, 236, 237
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 213–14, 257
New Bedford, Mass., 201, 261, 262, 317
New Deal, 233
New England Baptist Hospital, 178, 284
New England Conservatory of Music, 20, 30
New Hampshire, 225–26
1960 Democratic primary in, 232, 236
Newman, John Cardinal, 1
Newsweek, 307
New York, 97, 244, 246, 289, 293
RFK’s Senate campaign in, 283–86, 291
New York, N.Y., 53, 55, 63, 64, 67, 69, 74, 123, 182, 211, 245, 253, 284, 293
family planning clinics in, 46–47
1939 World’s Fair in, 141–42
RFK’s funeral in, 295–96
RK and Joseph Kennedy’s honeymoon in, 44
RK in move to, 65, 67
New York American, 87
New Yorker, The, 218
New York Herald Tribune, 111, 214
New York Sun, 97
New York Times, 105, 214, 216, 238, 291, 320–21
Ngo Dinh Diem, 274
Nimitz, Chester W., 211
Nineteenth Amendment, 236
Nixon, Pat, 249
Nixon, Richard, 237, 238, 241, 243, 244, 280, 307, 325
Normandie, SS, 141
Noroton, Sacred Heart convent, 154, 268
North Carolina, 244, 280–81
Northern Ireland, 134, 140, 334
Northumberland, Duchess of, 126
Notre Dame, University of, 40, 277
Notre Dame of Maryland, 236
Nuremberg, 39, 113
Obama, Barack, 216, 334
Oberton, Merle, 89
O’Byrne, Eleanor, 271–72
O’Connell, William Cardinal, 43, 68
Ohio, 244
Olasana Island, 173
Old North Church (Boston), 10, 15, 71
Old Orchard Beach, Maine, 19
Onassis, Aristotle, 274, 300–302, 311, 312, 314
Onassis, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, 78, 215, 228–29, 230, 234, 235, 239, 245, 247, 249, 250, 252–53, 257, 258, 260, 267, 274, 277, 279, 280, 292, 293, 295, 307, 308, 314, 319, 320, 321, 322, 326, 327, 373n
Aristotle’s relationship with, 300–302
Catholic Church’s “public sinner” labeling of, 301–2
celebrity of, 205, 229, 256
death of, 3
fashion and style of, 246, 250, 258, 302, 304
JFK public memorials and, 317–18
JFK’s courtship of, 203–4
JFK’s rumored marital discord with, 216–17, 248
JFK’s wedding to, 204–5
Joe Sr.’s close relationship with, 217–18, 264
pregnancies and childbirths of, 216, 220, 238, 240, 244, 245, 247–48, 250, 274
on presidential state visits, 253, 254, 255, 257, 259
RK’s relationship with, 203–4, 238, 244, 247, 300, 311–13, 317–18
Oregon, 225, 291, 293
Ormsby-Gore, David, 300
Oxford University, 86, 117, 245
Pakistan, 363n
Palestine, 125, 131, 132–33, 210
Palm Beach, Fla., 55, 59, 77, 86, 96, 97, 123, 132, 169, 174, 186, 192, 203, 211, 222, 232, 233, 248, 252, 260–61, 262, 264, 267, 279, 289, 311, 314, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326
Easter celebrations in, 159, 235, 331
JFK’s organizing of administration from, 245–46
Kennedy Christmas holidays in, 128, 130, 160, 170, 215, 245, 260
RK’s first trip to, 36–37, 38
Secret Service protection in, 247
Palo Alto, Calif., 168
Panama, 40
Paris, 21, 22, 28, 64, 76, 83, 87, 111–12, 113, 135, 152, 184, 192, 200–201, 205, 214, 240, 259, 272, 279, 280, 286, 310, 312, 363n
JFK’s state visit to, 253–54
RK’s shopping excursions in, 39, 101, 112, 126, 131, 197, 253, 283
Paris Match, 311
Parliament, Austrian, 261
Parliament, British, 108, 109, 117, 120, 124, 138, 140, 146
Paterson, Pat, 89
Patterson, Cissy, 184
Paul, Alice, 18
Peace Corps, 3, 256, 334
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 167
Pei, I. M., 9
Pennsylvania, 244
Peru, 163
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (Boston), 88
Peters, Andrew J., 47
Philadelphia, Pa., 18–19, 44, 283, 287
Assumption convent in, 101, 154, 155
JFK tribute in, 281–82
Philadelphia Athletics, 44
Philadelphia Bulletin, 282
Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, 277
Phyfe, Hal, 87, 101, 148
Pickford, Mary, 60, 170
Pitts, David, 362n
Pius IX, Pope, 121, 128
Pius XII, Pope, 4, 94, 197, 202, 255, 270
as Cardinal Pacelli, 93–94, 134, 201–2, 270
coronation of, 134–35
Placidyl, 207
Plummer, Mary Elizabeth, 98
Plymouth State Teachers College, 232
Poland, 144
Nazi invasion of, 145
Poland Springs, Maine, 48, 58
Pompeii, 132
Portsmouth Priory school, 148, 159
Portugal, 317
Post, Marjorie Merriweather, 323
Potsdam, 39, 186
Powell, William, 170
Powers, Dave, 188
Powers, John Robert, 210
Prague, 39
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 333, 334, 335
Press Club, 235
Princeton University, 59, 88, 92
Profiles in Courage (J.F. Kennedy), 215, 224
Progynon, 207
Prohibition, 66
Protestantism, Protestants, 34, 45, 61, 140, 191, 232, 233, 236, 243
schism between Catholics and, 31, 65, 115, 177
Provençal Hotel (Cannes), 112–13
Queen’s College, 118
Radio City Music Hall, 73–74
Radziwill, Lee Bouvier, 204, 274, 318
Reader’s Digest, 138
RK’s rejected article for, 218–20
Reagan, Nancy, 330
Reagan, Ronald, 330, 335
Reasoner, Harry, 304
Red Cross, 172, 176
Reed, Stanley, 96
Republic, 16
Republican Motherhood, 15
Republican Party, Republicans, 53, 198, 241, 242, 244, 284
see also specific elections
Revere, Paul, 10, 12, 15
Revolutionary War, 15, 18–19
Richardson, Stewart “Sandy,” 320–21
Rio de Janeiro, 163
Riverdale, N.Y., 65, 67, 69, 73
Riverdale Country Day school, 67–68, 73, 170
Rivier College, 226
RKO, 76
Robert Kennedy Memorial, 324
Rockefeller, Nelson, 246
Rockefeller family, 93
Roehampton, Sacred Heart convent in, 101, 103, 120–21, 128–29, 131, 209
Roman Catholic Church, see Catholic Church, Catholicism
Rome, 22, 85, 121, 134–35, 255
Romney, Mitt, 7
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 92, 142, 158, 237
Roosevelt, Felicia, 314, 323
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 4, 53, 86, 93–94, 95, 96–97, 107, 118–19, 156–57, 167, 169, 233, 270
Hyde Park estate of, 4, 94, 134, 142, 201
Joe Sr.’s growing discord with, 113, 120, 138, 141, 142, 151, 155, 156, 157
presidential campaigns of, 85, 93, 156, 157–58, 234
RK’s radio endorsement of, 157–58
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 246, 314, 323
Roosevelt, Jimmy, 86, 311
Roosevelt, Theodore, 19, 38, 67, 100
“Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Life to Remember” (video tribute), 332
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Human Development, 289, 313
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day, 332
Rose Kennedy Greenway, 332
Rose Kennedy Remembers: The Best of Times … The Worst of Times (BBC documentary), 322–23
Royal Albert Hall, 129
Royal Hawaiian Resort, 213
Runciman, Lord, 127
Russell, Rosalind, 210
Ryan, Elizabeth “Toodles,” 41
Ryan, John, 289
Sacher Hotel (Vienna), 39
Sacramento, Calif., 292, 293
Sacred Heart College (Los Angeles), 226
Sacred Heart convents, 20, 31, 87, 155, 183, 209, 304
Blumenthal, 21–26, 27–28, 38, 47, 98, 120, 128–29, 134, 135, 233
Noroton, 154, 268
Roehampton, 101, 103, 120–21, 128–29, 131, 209
St. Aidan’s church (Boston), 45, 57
St. Apollonia Guild, 48
St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children, 165, 166, 212, 227, 268, 323, 324, 326, 331
St. Edward’s Women’s Club, 210
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (Boston), 262
St. Francis Xavier Church (Hyannis Port), 72, 184, 276, 295, 308
St. Gertrude’s School of Arts and Crafts (Washington), 155
St. John, Clara, 80, 86, 181
St. John, George, 80
St. John School (Boston), 12
Saint Joseph College, 288
St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Newport), 204–5
Saint Mary’s College, 40
St. Matthew’s Basilica (Washington, D.C.), 277
Saint Moritz, 128, 129–30
St. Patrick’s Cathedral (New York), 295
St. Paul’s (Episcopalian prep school), 148
St. Paul’s Cathedral (England), 156
St. Peter’s Basilica, 134, 135
St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Vienna), 39, 255
St. Stephen’s Church (Boston), 2, 4, 7, 17, 333
St. Thomas More Church (North Carolina), 281
Salzburg, 205, 207
Samuel, Marcus, 115
Sanford, Mary, 70, 72, 77
Sanford, Terry, 280–81
San Francisco, Calif., 61, 186, 292, 293
Sanger, Margaret, 46–47
Santa Barbara, Calif., 61
Santa Marta, 40
Saturday Evening Post, 165, 269
scarlet fever, 48, 58, 68, 275
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 101, 126, 129, 258
Schiller, Friedrich, 26
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 273, 291, 295, 311, 312, 326, 327
Schloss, Dr., 79
Schönbrunn Palace, 39, 255
Scotland, 30, 113, 115–16
Scotland Yard, 138
Scott, Walter, 170
Seconal, 207, 278
Secret Service, 247
Securities and Exchange Commission, 86–87, 357n
Senate, US, 66, 215, 220, 240, 271, 293, 329, 334
JFK’s 1952 campaign for, 198–200, 201–3, 204, 316, 317
JFK’s 1958 reelection campaign for, 220, 221, 222–24, 226, 228–29, 270, 316
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of, 214
Rackets Committee of, 285
RFK’s 1964 campaign for, 283–86, 291
Teddy as member of, 271, 304, 305, 307, 316, 330, 333
Teddy’s campaigns for, 18, 256, 259–60, 262, 266, 270–71, 283–85, 286, 313, 316–17, 326, 330
Shakespeare, William, 21, 116
Sheehy, Father, 171
Shell Oil, 115
Shikler, Aaron, 304
Shore, Dinah, 324–25
Shorter, Edward, 150, 364n
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, 78, 91, 92, 108, 110, 111, 113, 134, 146, 148, 154, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168, 170, 180, 184, 187, 191, 192, 193–94, 197, 199, 220, 228, 229, 238, 261, 266, 268, 276, 277, 293, 295, 301, 308, 322, 324, 327, 332, 344n
adolescence of, 84, 86, 97, 107
birth of, 49, 58
childhood of, 68, 69, 74–75, 80–81, 83
college education of, 148, 164, 167, 209, 220
convent schools attended by, 101, 120–21, 128–29, 131, 154
death of, 333
debut party of, 143
mental retardation outreach and research initiatives of, 3, 6, 211, 223, 230, 268–70, 282, 287, 324, 333
at RK’s funeral, 5–6
RK’s South American trip with, 162–63
RK’s unsolicited advice to, 310–11
Shriver’s happy marriage to, 205, 220
Shriver, Maria, 5, 331–32, 376n
Shriver, Robert S., III, 3, 315, 373n
Shriver, R. Sargent, Jr. “Sarge,” 3, 5, 193–94, 220, 221, 223, 256, 260, 293, 315, 327, 333
1972 vice-presidential campaign of, 325
RK’s warm relationship with, 194, 205, 310, 311
Shriver, Timothy, 334
Sieber, Maria, 110
Simpson, Wallis, 140, 311
Sinatra, Frank, 220
Singapore, 363n
Sioux City, Iowa, 221, 222–23, 224
Sirhan Sirhan, 294
Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, 226
Skakel, George, 196
Sketch, The, 126
Sklar, Kathryn, 15
Smathers, George, 216
Smith, Al, 229
Smith, Amanda, 66, 351n
Smith, Dodie, 123
Smith, Jean Kennedy, 5, 180, 181, 184, 196, 197, 220–21, 228, 232, 261, 266, 283, 293, 295, 300, 301, 308, 314, 315, 322, 327, 332, 334–35, 336
birth of, 69
childhood of, 71, 98, 101, 107, 113, 120–21, 128, 130, 131, 146, 160
college education of, 188, 209
convent schools attended by, 101, 120–21, 128, 131, 148
as US ambassador to Ireland, 3, 334
Smith, Kate, 220
Smith, Stephen, Sr., 3, 220–21, 293, 307, 308, 327, 329
Smith, Steve, Jr., 3, 228
Smith, William Kennedy, 3–4
Socialist Party, 117
Social Security, 316
Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 109, 128
see also Sacred Heart convents
Solomon Islands, 172, 174
Somborn, Gloria Swanson, 77
Sons and Daughters of St. Patrick (Sioux City), 221
Sorensen, Ted, 66, 229, 307, 320, 321
South America, 40, 162–63, 260
South Carolina, 244
Soviet Union, 86, 144, 253, 255, 261
RK’s trip to, 89–90, 202
Spain, 89, 109, 129, 131, 134, 136, 257
Spanish Civil War, 102, 109, 131, 136, 257
Spanish flu, 50
Spaulding, Josiah, 317
Special Olympics, 3, 270, 304, 324, 326, 329, 333, 334
Spellman, Francis Cardinal, 176, 211
Standard-Times, 262
Stanford, Calif., 168
Stanford Business School, 163
Stanford University, 164, 167, 220
State Department, US, 107, 117, 119–20, 140, 141, 142, 314
European Affairs Division of, 120
Stations of the Cross, 57
Stevenson, Adlai, 202, 216, 231, 236, 237, 239, 335
Stone, Galen, 53, 58
Stone, Irving, 297
Strauss, Richard, 25, 38, 254
Sudetenland, 111, 114, 116
Supreme Court, US, 47, 51, 233, 271
Suvretta House, 130
Swanson, Gloria, 60, 76–78, 143, 322
Swanson, Joseph Patrick, 78
Sweden, 288–89
Swift, Will, 115
Switzerland, 12, 75, 128, 129–30, 310, 314
Taft, William Howard, 24
Taj Mahal, 214
Taney, Roger, 233
Tempest, Marie, 123
Tennessee, 244
Thailand, 363n
Thayer, Mary Van Rensselaer “Molly,” 321
Thomas, Evan W., 285, 320
Thoreau, Henry David, 15
Time, 141, 309
Times (London), 119
Times to Remember (Rose Kennedy), 320–22, 332, 346n
Titanic, 36
Today Show, 303
Tokyo, 213
Travell, Janet, 260
Treacy, John, 233
Trespasser, The (film), 76
Trinity Award, 229–30
Trinity College, 210, 229–30
Truman, Harry, 251
Tufts University, 237
Tunney, John, 307
Turkey, 131, 132
Twain, Mark, 67
Twentieth Century Club, 210
United Fruit Company, 40
United Nations, 186, 245, 335
United States, 146
Ursuline convent school, 162–63
Vaals, 23
Valentino, Rudolph, 60
Valium, 278
Vanderbilt family, 36
Vanity Fair, 141
Vatican, 134, 192, 255, 270, 301, 302
Versailles, 254, 261
Veterans of Foreign Wars, 188
Victoria and Albert III, 29
Victura, 9
Vienna, 38, 39, 207–8, 240, 253
JFK’s state visit to, 253, 254–55, 256, 257, 259
Vinson, Fred, 243
Virginia, University of, School of Law, 214
Vogue, 104, 108, 141
VSA (formerly Very Special Arts), 334
Waldorf Astoria (New York, N.Y.), 141, 182
Walters, Barbara, 303, 319, 322
Wapman, Dr., 267
Washington, SS, 98, 142, 146
Washington Post, 247
Washington Times-Herald, 164, 170, 184, 203
Watts, James, 164
Wellesley College, 20, 43, 209
West Concord, Mass., 12, 14
Westminster Cathedral, 120
West Palm Beach Special Olympics (1977), 326
West Virginia, 225, 241
1960 Democratic primary in, 234, 235, 236, 237, 246
White, Edward, 233
White, Theodore, 373n
White House, 86, 103, 156–57, 248, 252–53, 259, 264, 277, 330, 367n
Lincoln Bedroom in, 251, 271
Queen’s Bedroom in, 251
state dinners at, 258, 274, 279, 314–15
White House Protocol Office, 252
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., 44
Why England Slept (J.F. Kennedy), 154
Widener family, 36
Wilhelm II, German Emperor, 29
Wilson, Pat, 179
Wilson, Woodrow, 18, 40, 246
Wimbledon championship, 107, 143, 159
Winchester Cathedral, 101
Windsor Castle, 21, 102–3, 136, 148–49, 158
Wisconsin, 268, 284, 323, 324, 331, 332, 358n
1960 Democratic primary in, 225, 227, 232–34, 235, 236, 237
St. Coletta’s School in, 5, 165, 166, 212, 227, 268, 323, 324, 326, 331
Woman’s Day, 322
Women Rebel, 46
women’s rights movement, 46, 228, 236, 325
RK’s indifference to issues of, 18, 32, 246
Worcester, Mass., 199, 211, 316
World Series of 1914, 44
World’s Fair (1939), 141–42
World War I, 52–53, 94, 113, 125, 143
World War II, 3, 131, 157–58, 170–73, 175, 178, 179–81, 182, 185–86, 198, 199, 202, 335
end of, 183–84
escalating tensions leading to, 111, 113–14, 115–17, 125, 126, 127–28, 135, 136–37, 138, 143, 144
JFK’s heroic exploits in, 172–73, 174–75, 218, 238–39, 275
Joe Jr.’s final mission in, 180–81
Joe Sr.’s “appeasement” efforts in prelude to, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118–20, 146, 311, 322
London air raids in, 153, 155, 156, 179–80
outbreak of, 145–47
Wrigley, William, Jr., 61
W. W. Norton, 320
Yellow Cab, 63
Yeshiva University, 289, 313
You Can’t Take It with You (film), 82
Young, Brigham, 61
Yugoslavia, 138
Zembrzuski, Mr., 280