KATHLEEN KENNEDY BORN IN BROOKLINE
Brookline, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On February 20, 1920, Kathleen Kennedy*, sister of future President John F. Kennedy, was born here in Brookline. She was the second daughter and fourth child of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
Everyone except her mother, Rose, would call her 'Kick.'
Paula Byrne writes...
"Physically Kick resembled (Jack) the most, with thick golden-brown hair and blue-grey eyes. She had her mother's strong jawline. She was a fearless toddler."
Joe Kennedy said...
"All my ducks are swans, but Kick was especially special."
SOURCES
"Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times," by Lynne McTaggart, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1983.
"Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth," by Paula Byrne, Harper Collins Publishers, 2016.
