how would i know?
what i know was shaped by the schwartz bio that i've mentioned several times in this thread.
he has painted the daughter of rose and joe as a european-loving, sexually-budding, girl. and, joe wanted to thwart her sexuality, so he consulted the doctor in d.c. evidently joe nor rose expected the lobotomy to do what it did.
don't shoot me, go read the book, and report back.
thanks,
ken
One thing I don't understand (and I freely admit not to have done any reading up on the Kennedy family) -- the article says that she had the lobotomy when she was 23 and yet several people have mentioned her "budding sexuality." If she was born in 1917, then in 1941 she would have been about 23 if my math is better than the author's. Most people are budding sexually long before they are 23.
Try reading the myriad of other books about the Kennedy clan,instead of just blindly quoting from just one. :-)