Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was the wife of Joseph Kennedy and the mother of President John F. Kennedy as well as eight other children.
Born Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, she was the eldest child of John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and his wife, as well as second cousin, Mary Josephine Hannon. "Honey Fitz" was a prominent figure in Boston politics and served one ter...
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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was the wife of Joseph Kennedy and the mother of President John F. Kennedy as well as eight other children.
Born Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, she was the eldest child of John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and his wife, as well as second cousin, Mary Josephine Hannon. "Honey Fitz" was a prominent figure in Boston politics and served one term as a member of United States Congress and two terms as the Mayor of Boston.
As a young child, Rose lived in an Italianate/Mansard-style home in the Ashmont Hill section of Dorchester, Massachusetts and attended the local Girl's Latin School. The home later burned down, but a plaque at Welles Avenue and Harley Street proclaims "Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Square". The plaque was dedicated by her son, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, on Rose's 102nd birthday in 1992.
Rose studied at the convent school Kasteel Bloemendal in Vaals, The Netherlands, and...
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