Rosemary Kennedy
Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy (September 13, 1918 – January 7, 2005) was the third child and first daughter of Rose Elizabeth Kennedy née Fitzgerald and Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr., born little more than a year after her brother, future U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Considered as either retarded or psychologically unstable, she underwent a prefrontal lobotomy at age 23, which left her permanently incapacitated.
Read more about Rosemary Kennedy: Family and Early Life, Appearance, At Court, Montessori Teacher, Lobotomy, Aftermath, Death
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