Rose Kennedy
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the
Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "
lace curtain" Irish-American community in Boston. Her father,
John F. Fitzgerald, served in the
Massachusetts State Senate (1892–1894), in the
U.S. House of Representatives (1895–1901, 1919), and as
Mayor of Boston (1906–1908, 1910–1914). Her husband,
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., chaired the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1934–1935) and the
U.S. Maritime Commission (1937–1938), and served as
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1938–1940). Their nine children included
United States President John F. Kennedy,
U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy of
New York,
U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy of
Massachusetts,
Special Olympics founder
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and
U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith. In 1951, Rose Kennedy was ennobled by
Pope Pius XII, becoming the sixth American woman to be granted the rank of
Papal countess.
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