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 JFKs 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, Rosemarys 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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“...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.
A lot of secrets in that family.
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.
The Kennedys have always been, and will always be, ghastly people.
He was afraid she'd get into "trouble", and that would put a damper on the political aspirations he had for his sons.
she was no different that the rest of them except she was a girl
Hideous.
Wheres the WHY.? It is not explained WHY Diamond Joe destroyed his daughter.
See Post 6.
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.
>>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”.
>>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”.
“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!
About the same time that Hassie Hunt (one of H.L. Hunt’s sons) had his.
Ah an Irish clitorectomy. McMuslims.
Surprise, The Kennedy’s are/were horrible,dispicable people
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