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Unseen Letters from JFK’s Sister Rosemary, Who Underwent a Lobotomy, Reveal Depth of Her 'Loss
People ^ | 09/13/2018 | LIZ MCNEIL

Posted on 09/15/2018 11:23:57 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

This Thursday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy and his wife, Rose.

For many years, the story of JFK’s sister, who had an undiagnosed mental disability and was lobotomized at age 23, was shrouded in mystery.

A vivacious young woman with a sweet disposition, Rosemary’s life was dramatically altered when her father decided to have her undergo a pre-frontal lobotomy in November 1941, a procedure that left her with the mental capacities of a toddler and requiring round-the-clock care

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: jfksister; kennedys; lobotomy; walterfreeman
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1 posted on 09/15/2018 11:23:57 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

“...pre-frontal lobotomy in November 1941...”

Did not know they did that kind of procedure back then.

Damn, poor lady... Not big on the Kennedy Clan, but that’s just horrible.


2 posted on 09/15/2018 11:26:10 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

A lot of secrets in that family.


3 posted on 09/15/2018 11:29:18 AM PDT by Leep
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To: NFHale

Yes it was pretty brutal too.

Some actually were more successful than others, there is a movie about an actress who had it forcefully done called ‘Frances’ which is pretty horrifying, but in real life she went on to appear on TV regularly.

They basically stuck an ice pick into an eye socket and swished it around cutting off the front of the brain.


4 posted on 09/15/2018 11:30:59 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

The Kennedys have always been, and will always be, ghastly people.


5 posted on 09/15/2018 11:31:15 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: NFHale
Papa Joe was planning for the future. Rosemary was probably bipolar, and had a tendency to be promiscuous.

He was afraid she'd get into "trouble", and that would put a damper on the political aspirations he had for his sons.

6 posted on 09/15/2018 11:33:16 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Kid Shelleen
she was no different that the rest of them except she was a girl
7 posted on 09/15/2018 11:35:10 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Hideous.


8 posted on 09/15/2018 11:35:16 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: NFHale

Where’s the WHY.? It is not explained WHY Diamond Joe destroyed his daughter.


9 posted on 09/15/2018 11:35:21 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

See Post 6.


10 posted on 09/15/2018 11:38:42 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Mr. K
I think you are referring to Frances Farmer who did emerge from a snakepit like mental hospital after a number of years. She made one movie and then emceed a daily TV variety show in Indianapolis for a number of years.
11 posted on 09/15/2018 11:39:08 AM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: Vaquero

She shared the family’s sexual appetites, but it wasn’t considered appropriate for a sweet Irish Catholic lass to behave like her brothers. So they destroyed her brain to kill the lust.


12 posted on 09/15/2018 11:39:08 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: NFHale

https://www.livescience.com/42199-lobotomy-definition.html


13 posted on 09/15/2018 11:39:09 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: Kid Shelleen

>>undiagnosed mental disability

BS. Her father thought she was sleeping around too much, and would cause embarrassment to the family.

The Nobel Prize winning inventor of the icepick lobotomy, Walter Freeman, claimed that it could cure such “disturbances”.


14 posted on 09/15/2018 11:41:03 AM PDT by oblomov
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>>undiagnosed mental disability

BS. Her father thought she was sleeping around too much, and would cause embarrassment to the family.

The Nobel Prize winning inventor of the icepick lobotomy, Walter Freeman, claimed that it could cure such “disturbances”.


15 posted on 09/15/2018 11:41:08 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: Mr. K

“They basically stuck an ice pick into an eye socket and swished it around cutting off the front of the brain.”

That explains Pelosi, Hillary!, Mad Maxine, Booker, et al!


16 posted on 09/15/2018 11:41:59 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: NFHale

About the same time that Hassie Hunt (one of H.L. Hunt’s sons) had his.


17 posted on 09/15/2018 11:42:25 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Ah…an Irish clitorectomy. McMuslims.


18 posted on 09/15/2018 11:43:57 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: NFHale

Surprise, The Kennedy’s are/were horrible,dispicable people


19 posted on 09/15/2018 11:45:20 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: Kid Shelleen
Supposedly Rose had the sexual libido of her more famous brothers but in a woman it was a disgrace. It hurt the family's aspirations for power. The lobotomy was the cure.
 
20 posted on 09/15/2018 11:45:37 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.")
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