Why Rosemary Kennedy Was So Often Overlooked

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 4, 2015

Historian Kate Clifford Larson discusses Joseph and Rose Kennedy's third child, who suffered from mental illness and was later lobotomized, leaving her severely disabled. "Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter" sheds light on Rosemary's life and the Kennedy family's motivations for taking up the causes of disabilities and mental illness.

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