Rosemary was the eldest daughter of Joseph and Rose Kennedy who suffered from intellectual disabilities and underwent one of the first prefrontal lobotomies at age 23, a procedure that went horribly wrong and left her with the mental abilities of a toddler. Her condition was long kept secret from the public — and even her own family — though it eventually inspired her sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, to found the Special Olympics. Read More…
Emma Stone to Play JFK’s Sister in ‘A Letter From Rosemary Kennedy’
March 25, 2016
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