KATHLEEN KENNEDY BORN IN BROOKLINE
Brookline, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On February 20, 1920, John F. Kennedy's sister, Kathleen Agnes Kennedy, was born here in Brookline. a suburb of Boston. She was the second daughter and fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Kathleen, who was called 'Kick' by everyone except her mother, attended Noroton Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut and Hold Child Convent in Neuilly, France.
Kick was a London debutante in May 1938 when Joe Sr. was Ambassador to Great Britain. She served as a Red Cross volunteer during World War II. Kick, at age 21, got a job with the Washington Times-Herald where she became close friends with John B. White, feature writer for the Washington Times-Herald. He and Kick sometimes double-dated with Jack and Inga Arvad.
At age 24, Kick was described as being..."a petite 5'3" American lass with bright gray-blue eyes." It was also said that..."she favored Jack with her reddish-brown hair" and..."they had the same quick, self-deprecating humor, the same free-spiritedness and unharnessed energy."
Kick, against the wishes of her mother Rose, married William Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, on May 6, 1944 but he was killed in the war.
Kathleen Kennedy died in an airplane crash in France on May 13, 1948.
Kick's funeral was held in London attended by her father who represented the Kennedy family. Kick was buried in the cemetery of the Church at Edensor in Derbyshire, England.
SOURCES
"Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times," by Lynne McTaggart, Holt Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1983.
"The Kennedy Curse," by Edward Klein, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2003.
Brookline, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On February 20, 1920, John F. Kennedy's sister, Kathleen Agnes Kennedy, was born here in Brookline. a suburb of Boston. She was the second daughter and fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Kathleen, who was called 'Kick' by everyone except her mother, attended Noroton Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut and Hold Child Convent in Neuilly, France.
Kick was a London debutante in May 1938 when Joe Sr. was Ambassador to Great Britain. She served as a Red Cross volunteer during World War II. Kick, at age 21, got a job with the Washington Times-Herald where she became close friends with John B. White, feature writer for the Washington Times-Herald. He and Kick sometimes double-dated with Jack and Inga Arvad.
At age 24, Kick was described as being..."a petite 5'3" American lass with bright gray-blue eyes." It was also said that..."she favored Jack with her reddish-brown hair" and..."they had the same quick, self-deprecating humor, the same free-spiritedness and unharnessed energy."
Kick, against the wishes of her mother Rose, married William Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, on May 6, 1944 but he was killed in the war.
Kathleen Kennedy died in an airplane crash in France on May 13, 1948.
Kick's funeral was held in London attended by her father who represented the Kennedy family. Kick was buried in the cemetery of the Church at Edensor in Derbyshire, England.
SOURCES
"Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times," by Lynne McTaggart, Holt Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1983.
"The Kennedy Curse," by Edward Klein, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2003.
Kathleen Kennedy
London, England
JFK Library Photo (1943)
Joe, Jr., Kick and Jack in London
"The Golden Trio"
"The Golden Trio"
