Rose Kennedy

Rose Kennedy (b 1890) is the wife of Joseph P. Kennedy and the mother of his many children, including Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., whom she is here pictured holding.

Mrs. Kennedy was a devout Irish-Catholic. She supported her ambitious husband and quietly tolerated his many extra-marital affairs.

She once baby-sat George Enos, Jr. and his sister Mary Jane so that their mother, Sylvia, could join her husband at a Democratic Party fundraiser.