Person Sheet


Name Eunice Mary KENNEDY
Birth 10 Jul 1921, Brookline, Norfolk Co, MA28
Father Joseph Patrick KENNEDY (1888-1969)
Mother Rose Elizabeth FITZGERALD (1890-1995)
Misc. Notes
She helped in the many political campaigns of her brother, John Fitzgerald. After her mother, Eunice was considered the family's model woman.29

In the early 1960's Eunice Kennedy Shriver held a day camp at her home for people with mental retardation. She organized the First International Special Olympics Games , which were held in 1968 at Soldier Field in Chicago. More than 1,000 athletes from the US and Canada competed in track and field and aquatics.30
Spouses
1 Robert Sargent SHRIVER Jr.
Birth 9 Nov 1915, Westminster, Carroll Co, MD
Marriage 23 May 1953, New York, NY
Children Robert Sargent (1954-)
Maria Owings (1955-)
Timothy Perry (1959-)
Mark Kennedy (1964-)
Anthony Paul (1965-)
Last Modified 23 Sep 1997 Created 28 Jan 2001 by Reunion for Macintosh

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