ethel kennedy

As Ethel Kennedy became a well-known member of the Kennedy clan, particularly after Robert became Attorney General under his brother, John F. Kennedy, and then a senator from New York. [1]

In 1934, when Ethel was five years old, the family moved east, settling in Greenwich, Connecticut. [2]

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Senator Robert Kennedy, is opening her Hickory Hill home in Virginia for a fundraiser featuring Barack Obama that is expected to swell Democratic campaign coffers by almost $6 million.Read More [3]

Political matriarch, wife of U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy. [2]

Born Ethel Skakel, in 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, to parents George and Ann Skakel. [4]

Ethel Skakel was born on April 11, 1928 in Chicago to Anne Brannack Skakel, who was Catholic, and George Skakel, a Protestant (both born in 1892). [5]

Ethel Skakel married future senator Robert F. Kennedy on 17 June 1950. [1]

Without mentioning that her ex-husband has also been mentioned for the job, Kerry Kennedy Monday rooted for cousin Caroline Kennedy to become New York’s next junior senator.Read More [...] But he gave such a rousing speech at a Denver benefit for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial on Wednesday that admirers urged him to run for something soon.Read More [3]

She went on to attend the elite Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, where she befriended fellow classmate Jean Kennedy of Massachusetts. [4]

Ethel Skakel Kennedy (born April 11, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois) is a member of the Kennedy family by her marriage to Robert F. Kennedy. [...] She met Robert F. Kennedy (Bobby) during a skiing trip to Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada during the winter of 1945. [6]

After her husband passed the bar, the family settled in Washington D.C., where Robert began work for the Department of Justice. [2]

Ethel campaigned for his brother, John F. Kennedy, in his 1946 campaign for United States Congress, and wrote her college thesis on his book Why England Slept. [7]

… that path did not last long as RFK was drafted by his family to manage John F. Kennedy’s 1952 Senate campaign in Massachusetts. [6]

Sources:
[1] Ethel Kennedy: Biography from Answers.com
[2] Ethel Kennedy Biography - Biography.com
[3] Ethel Kennedy
[4] Ethel Kennedy - Kosmix : Reference, Videos, Images, News
[5] Kennedys: Ethel Skakel Kennedy
[6] Ethel Kennedy (Ethel Kennedy) on Myspace
[7] Ethel Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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