Rose Kennedy
Boston dynasty matriarch
Rose Kennedy was the matriarch of the Kennedy political dynasty, mother of President John F.
Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy.
She lived from 1890 to 1995, witnessing the assassinations of two sons and the political rise of her family.
Her name evokes both American political aristocracy and Catholic stoicism in the face of tragedy.
- matriarchFemale family leader
- JosephCommon masculine given name
- JFK35th president's monogram
- First LadyHead of state's wife
- BobbyDiminutive of Robert
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Rose KennedyHillary Clinton
Eleanor Roosevelt · Nancy Pelosi · Margaret Thatcher · Indira Gandhi · Barbara Bush
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