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1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations |
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A home birth -- The making of a mother -- Slipping behind -- Five schools -- Brief haven in England -- War on the Kennedy home front -- November 1941 -- Rosemary gone -- Rosemary made the difference. |
| Summary |
-- Rosemary delivers a profoundly moving coda: JFK visited Rosemary for the first time while campaigning in the Midwest; she had been living isolated in a Wisconsin institution for nearly twenty years. Only then did the siblings understand what had happened to Rosemary and bring her home for loving family visits. It was a reckoning that inspired them to direct attention to the plight of the disabled, transforming the lives of millions. |
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Based on correspondence, entries in Rose Kennedy's diaries, and family interviews, describes the plight of a woman who was intellectually disabled and kept hidden by her family after she received a lobotomy at age twenty-three. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005.
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Kennedy family.
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Kennedy family. |
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Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005. |
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Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005. |
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Kennedy family. |
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People with mental disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
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Psychosurgery -- United States -- Biography.
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Mental retardation -- United States -- Biography.
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Families -- United States -- Biography.
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History, 20th Century -- United States -- Biography.
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Inmates of institutions -- United States -- Biography.
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Families. |
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Inmates of institutions. |
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Mental retardation. |
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People with mental disabilities. |
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Psychosurgery. |
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Intellectual Disability -- United States -- Biography. |
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Family Relations -- United States -- Biography. |
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History, 20th Century -- United States -- Biography. |
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Institutionalization -- United States -- Biography. |
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Mentally Disabled Persons -- United States -- Biography. |
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Psychosurgery -- United States -- Biography. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Larson, Kate Clifford. Rosemary Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015 9780547250250 (DLC) 2015028793 (OCoLC)898052989 |
| ISBN |
9780547617954 : $15.95 |
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054761795X : $15.95 |
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