Personal Life
In 1973, she married David Lee Townsend, whom she had met when he was a graduate student and her tutor at Radcliffe. David is now a member of the faculty at St. John's College in Annapolis. She and her husband have four daughters, Meaghan Anne born Nov 7, 1977, Maeve Fahey born Nov 1, 1979, Rose Katherine born Dec 17, 1983 and Kerry Sophia Kennedy Townsend born Nov 30, 1991. In July 2011, her daughter Maeve gave birth to a boy, Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean, the first great-grandchild for Ethel and Bobby and the first of the 'fifth-generation' of Kennedys.
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