Rose Kennedy Interview |1974
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- Respected Journalist Mavis Nicholson chats to Mrs Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American philanthropist and socialite but most famously known for being a part of one of America's most important political dynasties..The Kennedy family
First shown: 1974 11th November
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Wow she looked good here and she was already 84 years old in this interview. She’s from 1890 and this interview is from 1974. She died in 1995 at 105. Damn
Irish genes 🍀
104. Died January 95.
She was 104 when she died and could be 83 here
Who is she?
She outlived Jackie Kennedy. rose was amazing. She passed away aged 104 but in her 105th year 1890 to 1995.
She was once asked . How did you manage to survive all the tragedy in your life .
She replied “ the brain grows a sort of scar tissue to protect its sanity”. How beautiful a statement
Mike go poop yo pants
It means being in denial of reality
She was a super ager brain of a young person check it out online
Which is true
@@lepetitchat123no its quite the opposite, it's overcoming adversity it's called grit. Pragmatism.
I remember having read in one of JFK's biographies that she once wanted to leave Joe sr. I believe it was after she had Rosemary or Kathleen and she found out about his cheating. She went home to her parents but her father sent her back. And after that she became colder. I wouldn't judge her too harshly, she really had to put up with a lot, she was born in 1890 and those were totally different times for women.
Plus, the issue of Catholics divorcing was forbidden. I could only imagine what the consequences were had she filed for divorce.
Different times
Women didn't had to suffer in silence or way behind closed doors. Shame how men treated them
She was a true Catholic and would never have left him!
@@philsooty5421 Might have left... but no divorce.
Apparently the reason for the big gap between baby 8 jean 1928 & 9 Ted 1932 was because she was unhappy that Joe was sleeping with the silent film start Gloria Swanson.
Mrs. Kennedy was the epitome of grace, class and dignity. A wonderful woman indeed, blessed for sure to see nearly 105 years. She was born the same year as President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1890. He passed in 1969, age 78, and she in 1995, age 104!
Yeah. Her husband and most of her progeny were and are scum. But, other than that, she really was a wonderful woman--the epitome of grace, class and dignity.
I read the book Rose I was more interesting than the wars, living in London just wanted to see what rose was up to next travel all over the world in queen Mary ships and other mode of transportation shopping in Paris made sure all Kennedy went to Harvard. Kept thin didn't eat much.
@@joeanonymous1834 her husband was her husband. Whatever he did or didn’t do had no impact whatsoever on you or anyone. The Kennedys loved and cared for their father including his flaws (which you also have).
It’s sad seeing people hate so much for no reason.
Dwight D. Eisenhower smoked 4 packs of Camels which caused him to have heart attacks, that's why he died from heart failure at 78
This woman knows PAIN!
She would have said agony. The agony and the ecstasy
Oh she just said it lol
& her prayers moved mountains!
When she speaks she seems to get lost in her conversations...almost like something's heavy on her heart.
Poor lady.
I am from boston and I know why. her husband was horrible what he did to rosemary was aweful he did it behind her her back I mean her hubsband
@@cecelawlor4862 he did it in front of her face too
@@CosmosFlow not only that,rosemary in a mental hospital...
Rosemary was the prettiest daughter.
At the end of the day, I admire this woman, and I have much respect for her.
Very intelligent and composed woman. How she psychologically handled and withstood all that loss is incredible.
It wouldn't be for a psychopath, for example. So I think only the people who were very close to her, her husband, her children, perhaps her friends, could accurately attribute her resilience to either psychological strength or to something less admirable.
She was a practicing catholic and very religious. I read she said that without her religious beliefs she would've never endured what she did.
Even w Rosemary
Easy: narcissism.
@@forensicsciencefan5645 Bingo.
I am from the middle east in Kuwait, It is really a sad for killing such a great president who is beloved world wide. May he, his brother and son rest in peace.
samQu8y blah blah blah he was a Freemason and an actor for Rothschild zionism..
Dont confuse reality
WeRightNow How would you know?
Nein war er nicht. Wer judenhörig ist, der ist für die FED. Das genau war er nicht!
And a President who almost caused the destruction of the world through thermo-nuclear war.
WeRightNow ..catholics were strictly forbidden to join freemasonry...
She would live for 21 more years after this interview, passing away at the age of 104.
Because she never over ate! She stayed slim & trim!
Probably had a few hearts too alot of those elite do it...like prince phillip..David rockafella was supposed to have had 6-7 hearts(they now try to hide this)he would have died in the 70s if nature took it's course from a heart attack and car accident..they get heart transplant near death obviously that can't last forever but it gives them time..
@@jgrysiak6566 Her former daughter in-law, Ethel still alive.
@@kartelgreen5287 Our former prime minister, Dr. Mahathir also undergone heart surgery in 1989. He resigned as prime minister last year at the age of 94. 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾
It's incredibly important to be polite to one's maid and chauffer...words that I live by each and every day!
Must be a jealous a hole
@@jl3322 That's a little harsh...Mrs. Kennedy seems like a nice lady in spite of her privilege.
We all should, because one's position does not elevate or lower their humanity.
This is what new money like Meghan Markle does not understand. You are never rude to staff, you are never rude to people in service like waiters etc. If you have money it is your responsibility to provide jobs.
@@alffuergregor Excellent point! That woman is unreal. Then the taking of Harry, so she could be some "star"!!! She's a sad joke! She was and is using him.
Rose Kennedy, I give all my love for taking the courage of a mother to nine children who especially were in front of the public eye, being faithful when your husband was not, being a very religious Catholic woman to your Children and grandchildren I hope you had a great life during your time on this earth, Rest in peace.~ Rose Kennedy
Google lobotomy of her daughter...what mother can let this happen and keep her mout shut about it...this was a monster dressed in good manners
@@design4leathercom739A lobotomy as recommended by the medical profession and which she didn't know about. I hope you live without fault so that nobody can pass judgement on you.
What about how she treated her disabled daughter? she gets no praise more me. Rosemary didn’t deserve to be mistreated the way she was. 😒
@@jessicamarie8299 You obviously don’t know anything about her husband???
@@allymayful you obviously didn’t know about it her husband either I said what I said
She had a lot of dignity considering all the tragedy she had to emotionally process - if it weren’t for her faith I don’t think she would have fared as well - I would have needed to be heavily medicated! RIP Mrs. Kennedy
It wasn’t just faith, according to a biographer referenced in Wikipedia. “Rose depended heavily on medication. Ronald Kessler found records for prescription tranquilizers Seconal, Placidyl, Librium, and Dalmane to relieve Rose's nervousness and stress, and Lomotil, Bentyl, Librax, and Tagamet for her stomach.”
@@CrowIIII Wow.. I thought maybe some to be sure, esp with all she went through, but I never knew it was all of that!! But I bet she didn't take all at same time. Because I'm in Mental Health, and she would sound extremely slowed down, plus if all that was taken daily, she wouldn't have lived that old. That amount is just too much for liver etc. I bet they changed her around on different ones, to best help her. Jackie Kennedy took a few types herself after the awful assassination. I also have panic attacks and God, it is horrible! I am treated, it does help much. Thank God for putting science and docs out there!! Many many people, are so much helped by these meds and the severe disorders, some ppl would never have relief. God is our divine physician, and he created science & doctors to help us. 🙏🙌
Oh yeah little Miss innocent
@@KristieMAC1 what choice did she really have. Husband's had all the say in those days and many put their wives in institutions.
@@kellyprice1024 Joe Sr wouldn't have done that due to the Kennedy name being "sullied" by such a thing. She looked like she had a lot of help. And it's true about the oldest ones setting examples for the younger ones. And they all become very competitive bc it's catch up and be heard or miss out and left behind.
An amazing woman very much of her time I’m shook she lived a whole century so very knowledgeable and strong faith even when tested
A most underrated lady, bless her what a wonderful caring lady, and mother. Rose Kennedy greatest respect to her memory.
She was cold and miserable.
Wonderful mother...her daughter was forced to lobotomy
@@slouberieeshe blocked it all out able to deal being a cold person always grew up rich then Kennedy rich
@@slouberieethink you right I read the book Rose
@@beatricewoods8377 Her family weren’t that rich. They were very religious and politically active, so very respected. Her husband married her to use her reputation for himself. She was emotionally abused by that man. Have you heard of Narcissism?? Joe was the original definition of that syndrome. Having been in a marriage like that, l believe she was a very depressed lady, who used her religion to cope. There was no other help in those days.
I have such a tremendous curiosity and “obsession” with The Kennedy’s. The entire concept of the family and the generations to this day are fascinating. The way she speaks of her family and her husband (even the big pearls) shows the time frame in which she lived and how she parented and presented herself. The first thing that I immediately noticed was when she talked about Joe Jr. and how he was supposed to be president. It’s easy to see how she and Joe Sr. wanted their children to carry out their dreams and if it didn’t happen, it was devastating. Even looking back in this interview, it seems that he was always the star.
Can only recommend you read Laurie Graham's "The Importance of Being Kennedy".
bro I feel the same way
When she closed her eyes recalling her son being elected president 💔
This lady went through a lot of loss and pain in her lifetime she had three sons that made a difference to the political platform.
No-one deserves to lose as much as this woman has
Didn't she legit lobotomize a healthy person. Ppl who do that get what's coming
Ghastly, hard-hearted woman - she was a terrible mother and cared more for her clothes and public appearance, than she did for the well-being of her children. All disguised by her seeming piousness. Her eldest daughter Rose Marie had slight learning difficulties and, instead of being treated kindly by her mother, she was forced into a failed lobotomy, resulting in Rose Marie's becoming a virtual vegetable, never ever visited by her mother afterwards. All her nine children were brought up by a nanny, not her. She didn't have an ounce of kindness or affection in her nature, and everything she said in this interview is a lie.
John Porteous her husband had Rosemary lobotomized without her or any of the children’s knowledge. Rose was furious when she found out, and the marriage never recovered. Also, Joe never visited Rosemary-not even once-after the lobotomy. Ironically, Joseph suffered a stroke in 1961 and was no longer able to walk or talk-just like Rosemary couldn’t after her lobotomy
@@blairbrownie1223 you reap what you sow.
@@blairbrownie1223 Thank you Claire. She had a difficult life. The reason for the daughter's health problem was that the doctor who delivered was not present. He told the nurse on duty to hold the head back inside the mother ( Rose) until he arrived. Lack of oxygen in one way or another caused a perfectly healthy baby to suffer lifelong ills. People who comment don't know the circumstances.
There is a marvellous interview on A&E with Rose Kennedy. It is one of the best interviews ever.
What a great find!
I've noticed that older women seem to choose their words very carefully. My Mother did that
That was a great generation.
It’s called graceful.
Its not the age. Its the generation. Victorian and Edwardian ladies were very much like that. Take Eleanor Roosevelt for example. Even my own grandmother was like that.
this woman lived to he 104 years old, rest her soul, she gave us some of the best men in history.
That is very true.
9 children that’s wonderful.
Not what Both her and her husband did to their poor disabled daughter Rosemary I will never look at them the same. RIP Rosemary
You are romanticizing a family with narcissistic parents.
@@jessicamarie8299 Rosemary told Joe that their daughter was not to receive a lobotomy, Joe Sr did it surreptitiously and behind her back
Rose Kennedy has got the demeanour of a wee lady that goes to mass.
Great composure
Patricia Campbell What’s wrong with being a wee lady that goes to Mass?
@@vcp365 that went way over your head
Just because they(The Kennedys) attend and are active in the Roman Catholic Church doesn't mean they're followers of Christ. True forgiveness of sins come from Jesus Christ, not the Pope.
Benjamin Schlechter - Catholics believe forgiveness comes from God
The interviewer is still alive aged 87
Ok isn't that something.. sometimes I can hardly believe that much time has gone by!!!!!
Old age, aging, stinks!!
She was 84 at this interview.
wow!! Fascinating.
@@janepatterson6779 ikr I despise it! 😑
I'm guessing this was shown in the afternoon on the womens magazine show that used to be on ITV in the 70's....just goes to show how far we've fallen in terms of content.
Agree!
Lol
#truth
Strong woman! She lost some of her children but kept it moving!
To survive your children and still find strength to live... remarkable
Well, that doesn't work for many folks.
For example: Aristotle Onassis(2nd husband of Jackie Kennedy) died 2 years after his son Alexander.
How did she survive all that loss? Mindboggling. May she rest in Christ's peace
People who live the longest are the ones who can take the loss of their children/spouse
This lady is the epitome of grace under fire. God bless her and her family. Love the Kennedy's.
I couldn't have said it any better
I absolutely love Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. A smart, strong and determined woman.
Peter Cottonmouth She sure was!She kept all her pain,disappointments and her betrayals close to her heart!
While we knew of her husband's intelligence, success,infidelities and ambition for himself and sons!
This woman was very aware and had insight into the problems of her children.Particularly Rosemary from which would come the initiative for the para- Olympics!
She of course as any mother would terribly hurt and wounded by the unfortunate and tragic deaths of some of her children!
Perhaps because women carry us for nine months.
They are closer to us not only physically but mentally and spiritually.
So there is a unique and wholly motherly response to the sufferings and deaths of their children.
As exemplified by Mary the mother of Jesus cradling his dead body in the created statues by Carvaggio? after watching his slow,painful and agonising death on the cross!
In retrospect,I wonder and I am sure she felt sorrow for the two criminals that were crucified with her son!
And perhaps murmured words of comfort and love out of the deep well of human compassion and care for others!
There is nothing in the Gospel accounts that said anyone was there to comfort them in their final hours!
Except for one Gospel account that describes a conversation between Jesus and one of the criminals.
Where the criminal rebukes the other crucified criminal!
Admits they were justly punished for their crimes!
And asks Jesus to remember him when He came into His Kingdom.
With Jesus response"Today you will be with Me in Paradise! "
She screwed up her daughters.
She was a horrible horrible person! Self-centered and cruel! She said there was only one thing she regretted in her life; Not attending college. What about Rosemary? Having that psycho Freeman scramble her brains! No regrets on that one? Or before that, when all that Rosemary ever wanted was her parent's love and approval, she gave none? How about how, even though Rosemary had learning disorders and mental disability, Rose still expected the same standard from Rosemary as with her other children? Or how about the way she treated Kick when she fell in love with a man who Rose didn't approve of because he was a Protestant? And how about when, after Kick's husband was killed during the war, Kick fell in love again with a man who Rose didn't approve of either, cause he was going through a divorce. Rose threatening to disown Kick and totally cut her off financially if she married him? Or how about how she spent her entire life keeping Rosemary hidden away, lying through her teeth about where Rosemary was? And how about after Rosemary's lobotomy, which left her COMPLETELY disabled, unable to speak, or walk or care for herself, she was placed in a care facility, and it took Rose 20 YEARS to visit her daughter that first time! And you know what Rosemary did when, 20 years on, her mother finally came for a visit? She ATTACKED her!
Rose was a horrible person, who never gave two shits about anyone else besides herself. And never once acknowledging all the shitty things she did, or taking responsibility for anything at all. Instead, she blamed it on a curse.
@@Tumbledweeb exactly
Her generation was very classy
This women bore great pain. The son who she said died in the war was never recovered, that must be difficult to come to terms with.
@James F. actually her husband did it behind her back
Even though Joe never recovered Assume commemorated in Arlington like his brother's JFK and RFK
A beautiful woman with extraordinary will and courage.
Mavis’ voice sounds like Amanpour’s. I see Teddy’s face in Rose’s.
Yes, so do I. Ted, looked just like his Mom!
Tracy Davis Also Bobby when she’s in profile.
Interviewer does sound English like Christine Amanapur.
Yes, Rose Kennedy had courage. She lost half her children during her lifetime. "The sins of the father." I tend to think in this case. Joe Kennedy Sr. was quite a piece of work. "Agony and ecstasy" is right - this woman had a lot of faith.
This woman was the worst mother alive. She openly admitted she didn't want to raise her children. She made the older children take care of the younger children.
She's as horrible as Joe.
She must have done something to raise them. She certainly has enough stories to tell regarding each of them. She must have been involved alot.
That's your opinion and I respect it!
@Julia A Nurses/nannies but she was still involved in her own way. Whether a person had one, ten or none...
children that is ....doesn't mean they are a good or bad mother. Women without children can be the best nurturers and never get the chance.
People are very quick to judge her as a mother. She obviously went through a lot of tragedy in her long life. Imagine losing 4 of her children fairly young.
A genuinely elegant and honest,straight forward, and disciplined Lady!
Thank you for sharing 🌺🙏❤️47 years ago 🙏
Product of her time and upbringing. Such a beautiful family herself and jo produced. Very sad how things turned out .
I'm not sure whether they were good parents. "Beautiful" family on the outside sure.
people are so critical on here...yet none of you have walked in her shoes...God bless Rose serving 2 deaths of her oldest children and then 2 murders of her sons...RIP beautiful lady
Exactly! No excuses. not to go and see her, terrible.
She never approved of the lobotomy. Her husband did it behind her back.
like you know...bye Felicia...get a life loser
Susan Riebold yes that maybe true but also the thing is she may have not known what joe did to rosemary behind her back with the operation. Although putting your child away & then not going to visit her idk i have a son of my own so i know how its like being a parent days are good & days are bad but not going a day without seeying my child idk guess diffrent time then
Agree!
Gloria Swanson on Joe her philandering husband: Rose must be a saint, a fool, or just a better actress than me!
Yep when the side chick calls you out that's a pretty damn shame.
Two different women, one with a
structured set of values, nine children and a sense of duty to her family, and another one, a Hollywood actress knowingly involved with a married man to further her own career.
She stated at the beginning she was a strict, catholic Irish, which meant back then you just did NOT divorce, no matter how bad your husband treated you.
@@DJ-wp2lk She actually did leave once - and her father sent her back. Without support she would have had to emotionally shut down to survive.
she lost 4 kids, 2 grandkids, and 1 husband all before she died herself. it sucks really and very unfortunate
What is the name of the grandkids ??
however, she was very fortunate to had long life and good health, and still have some of her children outlived her, had her house warm filled with grandchildrens. God won't give one life rain without rainbow.
@@killermoon635 one of them was rfk’s kid, I think his name was David.. other might’ve been Patrick Kennedy who died as a newborn
Yes, it was unfortunate. She lived so long because heaven didn't want her and hell thought she would take over Joe's position.
She didn't raise her children. The older children raised the younger ones. She didn't write those "personal medical ailments". She had her hired help do it. Kick, Jack, and Bobby, and Eunice turned out great without them. Kick was disowned for not marrying a Catholic. Ted committed manslaughter.
Roberts son David died of a Overdose on the 25th April 1984 aged only 28,his grandmother Rose outlived him by nearly 14 years, she’s nearly 65 years older then him aswell
I remember Mavis from my childhood days watching TV, she was brilliant !!!!
One quote of hers was it isn't the events themselves that happen in your life, but how you handle them. Wise words.
Extraordinary lady, exemplary family. I know all the stories about Rosemary, but you have to remember that was accepted medical practice at that time. Eventually people in the future will look back at out time and view our current treatments for cancer, and view the cut, burn, and poison therapies with the same contempt. This family sent their kids to war to fight right alongside kids from poor and ordinary families which died and suffered like the rest. They did not "buy" special privileges, or exemptions like occurred with some of our current political leaders from wealthy, politically connected families. They used their wealth to help the less fortunate, and stuck by each other during tragedies. Very rare quality these days in families rich or otherwise.
Yes they did try to protect their kids during the war. John has supposed to stay in the Pentagon, but he volunteered for the PT boats, against his fathers orders. His oldest brother was shot down in Europe, but only because he volunteered to be on the plane. He was not required to be there.
\so true.
Lobotomies we’re definitely not accept medical practice at the time
@@michaelhearne3289 Joe jr remain never found. 😟😟
@@michaelhearne3289 I believe he actually survived. Flynn
I like her Boston accent!
The only thing worse is nails on a blackboard. And why do they drop R's from the ends of all words that have them and then put them where they don't belong? 🙄
I know! Boston accents are really funny sounding!! Very unusual!!
@@SFVnative Screw you. It’s our accent and we’re proud of it
One of the best recorded interviews ever.
She's kind of a sad lady...she basically gave up her own identity to be a woman of high society...but maybe that was natural to her. Her hubby sure was a philanderer. Well, we all make our choices.
woman were expected to obey the husband very different times /..my mom dad died 4 yrs ago, they had 7 kids and mom tookcare of us
@@pbayer773 So youre telling me you lived with your father, but he was never active in your life?
Beeing a mother ir a wife, doesnt mean woman have to be dumb, ora live by appearances. Even back than, woman strugled even more. She was an Annoying priviledge woman.
@@excstasymode 4 of her children died and she had to endure that, I don’t like her that much but at least have some sympathy
I don't know how she put up with it. Anyone else would've divorced their spouse. However, she couldn't due to her Roman Catholic faith.
I think Rose Kennedy's daughter Kathleen was the rebel of the family.
Chris Mc Evoy She was badass
No, because Rose said “Now she thinks it’s funny” but Kathleen passed in 1948
Chris Mc Evoy a
She certainly was
Chris McEvoy,my maiden name is McEvoy.
I really do admire Rose. She is so soft spoken and so sweet. She reminds me of a grandma. I sure miss my grandma who is now in heaven. RIP Rose and granny!! 🌹❤️❤️
@I miss my cat I miss my great, great, great, great, great uncle Tucker. He lived from 1705 to 1776.
Dennis, really? Did you know Rose? Well, I did. I once knew many Kennedy's. I recall JFK's death like yesterday. Damn, I'm old.
Terrible thing to lose half your kids so unnecessarily.
Sins of the Father.
I remember watching this at the time…horrendous experience(s) one right after the other…she is an extremely composed Victorian woman.
This lady saw 105 years of history. What a historical and tragedy-filled life.
She's beautiful. I can see features of her son's in her. Wow ,the mother of our very first most handsome president.
Yes, so do I. The Kennedys, have very strong Genes! All of the Sons were Handsome!! The first son, Joe, Jr., was super HOT!!!!
Do you vote based on looks?
Especially Bobby when she was shown in profile. The resemblance was remarkable.
Not handsome. He was strange, big head, horrible face. And you are so superficial to vote based on looks?
No one was more of a looker than JFK Jr.
Rose 🌹 Fitzgerald Kennedy was exactly 104.5 years old when she passed. She said that living near the ocean helped extend her life. Sea air is good for longevity apparently. .
Both JFKjr and Caroline look like her. Astounding resemblance of her hairline to JFKjr he also had same
grace in his manner of speech as she exhibits. She did have a lot of faith, and a balanced view of life.
She witnessed the entire 20th Century, and what a century it was.
Having this interview on CZcams is a gift.. She was a remarkable woman.. God bless her..
What a strong, incredible woman!
i like her very much
Americans owe a lot to this family. If Bobby had survived to be elected president, the country and the world would be a better place.
Dubious. He was a pretty weird guy. Very sanctimonious. Nor could he have gotten out of LBJ's war any better than Nixon did. Nixon was actually an excellent President.
@@TedATL1 Nonsense.
It is an honor and privilege to be with Mother Of The President Of The United States Of America. One of the greatest help we can get in our daily Lives is - being with Her and pay attention to every word She wants to inform the World about Her experience in Life.
She didn't raise them all that much. A squad of servants and governesses. She checked out for long shopping vacations. They went to boarding schools.
Sooooo True!!!
Thank you so much for posting this interview. It is very interesting and I find her very inspiring as a person and as a mother. Thanks again 😊
Setting aside the fact that she birthed one of the Best President this Nation has ever had, I am stunned at the cruelty she and Joe bestowed upon their daughter Rosemary.
Heartbreaking beyond measure what they allowed to happen to her.
Yes, even in this interview she calls her mentally retarded without explaining why she was like that
Joe Sr had it done behind Rose's back, just as he did everything (like starlets).
@@oliviamartini9700, Joe Snr, was a Virgo born during the year of the Rat just like Prince Harry. I find this part amusing.
@@oliviamartini9700 Why do you think that? That isn’t true. It was not done in secret. The family discussed it. Rose went to Kick, the other daughter who was a reporter, and actually had her research it before the procedure. Kick told her parents it was not a good idea and that there had been many negative outcomes from the procedure, but they decided to go through with it anyway because they were afraid Rosemary would do something to embarrass the family. Then, after Rosemary was institutionalized, Rose didn’t even go to see her until 1962. That was 20 years later.
@@sodonewithit It's not something we just think, I have also read that Rose didn't know about it in many different places (also historians/biographers). This is the first time I have read your story. Who knows what the truth is, and if we will ever really find out. Btw Kick was not a reporter and she was also only 20 at this time, I would have checked your sources.
Refreshing to watch. Great recommendation
...sad that this interview was cut off..! Wonder if there's a part 2..?
Irish through and through x
I didn't see her like that. She seems to be very strong and strict.
how long did you reside with the Kennedy family for ???
My GGMa was born 1891 transitioned 2000 at 109. Truly its admirable how these women stood the test of time through the decades. Great share. I wonder what what they'd be like now.
Always interesting on the Kennedy Matriarch.
Even if it was the nurses fault she still should of loved her daughter like a proper mother. This woman was not capable of real love.
Poor Rosemary she acted out because she wasn’t loved.
No, she was loved. She was in every family scenario but as she matured she wanted normal self-autonomy and her parents wanted to stay fully in control.
@@sarahmcalister7117 After a considerable amount of reflection on your words I left with putting myself in Rose Mary's place, and yes, it seems that her emotional abandonment realized from no real contact with nearly anyone of her family after the devastating destruction to her mental and physical health, was not what would be considered "love". Yes, they failed to be able to emotionally compensate her, personally, maybe to spare their own minds from all of her indelible trauma. Maybe her siblings showed her love growing up, but it seems they regarded her circumstances as a sort of accidental 'death.'
Yes, it would take a great heart toll to countenance the effects on their loved one, and justify a true purpose.
His husband Joe was so strong, that there was nothing to do. I remember, that Joe did it secretly, when Rose was abroad ?
rose loved her daughter...read up on this before you speak
Rose’s father, Joe senior, had the lobotomy performed without telling mrs Kennedy. For 20 years the family, except joe senior, didn’t even know where Rosie was.
Great woman ! Incredible hair at 84 !!! Of course, it can be a wig !
@Younes bash the family didn’t know for rosemary that was Joe Kennedy who did that by his own
Not even one gray hair!
@@jgrysiak6566 you can see that is her own hair ..natural just as the lady self
@@miakyriacou8456 , ya, she had no stress, she prayed 8 hrs a day, was rich & had servants & maids! Her only stress was what she was going to do with her old China! Lmao
@@jgrysiak6566--Look closer, it's all grey.
Rose Kennedy was a devout Catholic who attended daily mass and prayed the Rosary daily. She even mentions the Hail Mary during this interview! I cannot help but wonder if her influence in those last years of Joseph Kennedy's life, after his stroke in 1961 may have helped Joe make peace with the Catholic Church. Joe was an amazing and intelligent man who had it all. The stroke left him a completely helpless bystander. He could no longer speak. After stroke he watched two more of his children die. This time by assassination. Joe was a man who committed many sins, for example his affairs. Although I will never know I like to think that Rose in those final years of Joe's life helped him to make a good confession and receive the last rites of the Catholic Church.
If he never accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour according to Acts 2:37-39, then there's not a hope for his soul, I'm afraid.
@@Gwaycee The Pope can't save them, none of the priests could've saved them, only Jesus Christ.
@benschlechter Jesus Christ is our Lord and Saviour, yes. He grants us salvation through the acceptance of His divinity and through the reception of His Grace through the Holy Sacramnets He established in His Church on earth.
inspiring. Thank you.
Still beautiful and healthy. Adiscipline and a devout Catholic. She had the will and courageous. So strong. So calm yet facing too many tragedy in her family. Losing 2 sons and a daughter. She was so calm during the interview. The best wife, mother and grandmother. Peace be with her.
Three sons-JFK, RFK and Joe Jr.
She lost THREE sons and a daughter. Joe Jr, Jack, Bobby, Kathleen (Kick) who died during the war, I believe
Amazing woman. Her son was the last good democrat President we ever had. RFK would’ve been a good President too.
he was a Democratic President
Read about what she did to her daughter, Rosemary.
@@laurac8659 Not her!!!! Her dominating evil husband did.
I think Rose is my favorite candid mother,
Love this. Exchange !!
I love the voice of this interviewer!
You can listen to her and know that she was a totally involved mother. Very unusual for such a wealthy family to have such a hands on mother. She knows all the details of what she speaks. Impressive woman.
Yes she raised a well organized family and her children achieved a lot, but I feel like anyone could have done so with all of the MONEY and SERVANTS they had. I think that a poor mother who raises an accomplished child and struggles with issues like putting food on the table and choosing between medicine or paying the heating bill, is far more deserving of being called an amazing woman.
100% agree
I would love to be able to see the rest of this interview, amazing woman,
Do Amazing Women have their difficult children lobotomized and shuffled off to institutions after said lobotomy failed? ...is that what "Amazing Women" do??
She was still amazing any opinions to the contrary notwithstanding.
Ridiculous to suggest that it was the money. Many parents with a lot less have been more devoted and many parents with a lot more money have done squat for their kids. What a spiteful comment…
One tough lady
I believe after Joe's stroke, her first act was to fire his secretary- mistress
" but u are Joe, you are"
Joe Kennedy Kennedy had Gloria Swanson as a mistress. He brought Gloria to family vacations. I don't think Rose said much about it.
Mic drop for Rose. Love her lol
Mrs. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy is a national treasure and a wonderful role model for all women around the world!
That whole family has teeth for DAYYYYYYZZZZZ
I thought I was the only one who ever thought about this 😂
Long as they know how to suck and not use those teeth. No teeth, oh there you go!!! Wow!!!!!!!!!
Wtf
Rfk gave me head in 1942. At edgartown. We joined the navy together.
@@jonchaney no that was your dad asshole
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy I think is very misunderstood. My parents (old baby boomers) were huge fans of the Kennedy family because my parents grew up NewEnglanders and are ethnic (Irish and French) labour stock immigrants to the USA. So they loved the Kennedy's. Rose graduated high school at age 15 because she was so academically gifted and determined and came from a prominent family, the Fitzgeralds. Her father had been mayor and I believe older relatives had held government positions and she was her dad's right hand woman. He took her everywhere with him. She was denied by her own mother to attend Wellesley College where she wanted to go to instead go to a less progressive Catholic women's college which she always resented. Then she was "wined and dined" by Joseph Kennedy who saw her bloodline and good Catholic upbringing to be a potential wife. Her own father Honey Fitz did not want her to marry Joe and she had offers from men from the Lipton tea family and other suitors since she was an attractive well-connected affluent young woman from a good family. She married Joe and it all went downhill for Rose. She had more children than maybe she wanted to have? Joe started philandering soon into the marriage and Rose realized she was in a sham marriage and was going to be a housewife and long suffering wife so she hired help since Joe was gone making money and she was a single parent raising children. Apparently she walked out of the marriage after the third child was born and went to live with her parents and they told her she had to go back to her new family and children. So she did try to leave. And six more children came and I think her life with Joe was misery for a long time. I admire her. She was a beautiful brilliant young woman from a great family, the Fitzgeralds, who married poorly and resented being a housewife and cheated on wife. So she compensated by basically farming the children out to governesses, cooks, maids, chauffeurs....etc...to keep her sanity. She was the one with the academic leaning more than Joe. He was good at business and
making money. I don't think being the child of a cold mother would have been easy, but she had her reasons. If your marriage sucks and
you're treated beneath what you feel you deserve, you compensate in other ways. To me, she is "Iron Rose".
I think this is the best comment here, balanced and insightful.
It wasn’t her mother that forbid her to attend Wellesley College. Her father was caught up in a sex scandal and Rose had to pay the price by finishing off her education in a convent.
She lost two sons to murder another to war one daughter in a plane crash and mishandled regrettinly her daughter rose and her husband running around with movie stars wow this woman has had to deal with some shit respect that.
Rose's husband, Joe Kennedy, had a long term affair with the silent movie actress Gloria Swanson. At the time, Gloria was a huge international star and He was crazy about her. In an interview later in her life, Gloria talked frankly, about the affair and said she regretted it for the rest of her life. Years after the death of Joe Kennedy, Gloria wrote a personal letter to Rose Kennedy, asking her for forgiveness, not only for the affair, but also for causing Rose so much personal heartache. Needless to say, Gloria received no reply from Rose.
Her faith was an enormous comfort to her and Rose's strength was so very admirable.
What a nice lady. She lived a long life (104) despite all the tragedy she endured. Heck she didn't even have Teddy until her early 40's
Of all the Kennedys, this is the one I love. Mrs. Rose Kennedy ♥
She spends ages extolling the virtues of raising polite children but seems never to have taught them how rude it is to shag around on one's wife or fail to help a woman trapped in a sinking car.
Lol....
or not the consequences of changing the demographics of our country
are you kidding~~ go to library and read
phoebephoebo .sydney
The boys followed their father’s example.
Deborah Donnelly Agree
Mrs Kennedy was a very strong women! Her sense of duty, and her ability to cope with the many tragedies in her life are due to her own upbringing and her strong religious faith.
Let your daughter be lobotomized has nothing to do with being a good christian..
Mrs Kennedy probably deferred to her husband regarding the lobotomy of Rosemary, and he most likely consulted with the doctors, and made the decision to go ahead with the operation hoping it would help Rosemary, but the decision had a bad result, and left Rosemary worse off than before. I don't think this has anything to do with one's christian faiith since people of faith are occasionally confronted with having to make decisions about serious matters, weighing both the pros and cons, and sometimes making the wrong decision, unintentionally, as in this case.
She was careful not to spill the beans.
She knew who killed her sons.
JFK knew who that MONOLITHIC CONSPIRACY was about.
I do like the card catalog system for health. That is a wonderful way to present the child's records and invaluable information when they grow up. My mother did something similar for me.. I am very grateful.
I just started this video and I’ve always been torn about rosemary I know they wasn’t advanced back than but when rose Kennedy was giving birth to rosemary her head was crowning and for whatever reason the nurse pushed Rosemarys head back up through the birth canal and told to squeeze her legs to prevent the baby from coming out until the dr arrived so she laid there for 2 hours while rosemary deprived of oxygen for 2 hours resulting in rosemary being developmentally slow. I know it’s not roses fault but you can’t help think if only she’d been instructed to push. And than Joe went behind roses back and got rosemary a lobotomy! So sad 😞 this lady has been through great losses and hearing her talk her happiness is through her grandchildren. But the father Joe seems a narcissistic father demanding so much and running around on rose as she stayed home and took care of the children. I believe God brung her through her losses and her grandchildren bring her happiness a strong mother!
When I worked on Capital Hill back in the late 80’s on the same floor as Ted Kennedy Ted would leave the hill EVERY Friday at noon to go visit his Mom
In Boston without fail. He was crazy about her.
Wow, so glad to hear that, now he seems alright. Never liked him before but knowing that changes our view!
@@carolbell8008 A lot of of people don’t like him for various reasons but In all bad there is good and in all good there is bad.
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A role model and woman of great faith and dignity. God bless her!
If more people parented with the ethics of this lady the world would be a better place today.
A man telling us who women should admire. sit down bro.
@@MASS1866 If more men behaved themselves the world would be a better place.
@@MASS1866Like lobotomizing unpleasant children and hitting the other with coat hangers?
@@MASS1866 20:52
Incredible lady and I don’t believe she is sad woman but so level headed and down to earth and naturally contented woman so so rare qualities ….no wonder such great public figures they all became!!!! All I can see her being so normal and strong common sensed mother but a great mother!!!
to her defense, she was a person of great privilege...she raised her family with the luxury of what came with that....lots of help...
"Person of great privilege" my foot! She was the granddaughter of Irish immigrants and daughter of the mayor of Boston who married another grandson of an Irish immigrant and son of a saloon owner who made his money illegally by bootlegging Scotch Whiskey during prohibition!
@@retroguy9494 ...but it would be fair to say that she became of great privilege if you are defining it by money.
@@militzamadrid462 If one defines privilege ONLY by having money, then yes, she did. But ONLY after she married old Joe and after HE made most of his money which was actually as a result of taking profits from bootlegging during prohibition and investing in the stock market using inside information (which was actually legal at the time) and pulling out just before the crash. However, her family was NOT. Her father was only a politician who held several elected offices including ward party boss, congressman, state senator and mayor of Boston until a sex scandal with a cigarette girl killed his chances for a third term. Much of her father's influence came from political popularity and influence among Irish American Bostonians.
But a TRUE aristocrat is not and does not define itself by money. Any idiot can make money, especially today. It was always more defined by family lineage, time in America, education and what one did for society as a whole
@@retroguy9494 ..."the family lineage" it means family with money. Nobody withow money can become well educated and enjoy a very expensive social lífe were you meet the other "big names".
@@militzamadrid462 No, you are 100% wrong. You speak of the 'nouveau riche.' Those who try to buy their way into society with money. Family lineage really means how long your family has been in America, what they did for society around them (public service, religion, helping to form a country, etc.) and prominence. Yes, money came OUT of that old lineage, but a lot of it was lost over the years too because THOSE families stayed WITH the country through all its bad economic times. Take Franklin Roosevelt for instance. He came from one of the oldest families and was at the very top of his social class. An aristocrat. But yet, he was only worth around $300,000 which equates to a little over 4 million in today's dollars. When he bought Warm Springs for $200,000, he actually had to work to support his family and even rented out his townhouse in NYC when he was in Albany and Washington. The same with Teddy Roosevelt. He wrote books to help support his family as well as HIS estate in Long Island being a working farm which produced goods.
Also, back in the day, and education didn't cost anywhere NEAR what it costs today. Having the grades was the most important thing.
I, too, come from two of the oldest and at one time most prominent families in America. Sure there was money a long time ago. But the family lineage still holds as well as its precepts. I have had careers in government and politics. Two of my cousins are ministers. I have an uncle in his mid 90's who still does volunteer work!
Could Rose Kennedy by 84 for this interview. Such a lovely woman.
That woman survived the assassination of 2 sons, the tragic death of her firstborn in a plane crash and the lobotomy of a daughter, whereas she lived such a long life!
also the loss of a daughter in a plane wreck circa late 40s
@@christinagiagni3578 What?? Another one died like that???
@@talitam.8414 yeah the oldest daughter kathleen aka kick. she was married to a brit and living in england. died in a crash over there. ted also went down in a plane and broke his back but survived. then jfk jr died in a plane crash too.
@@christinagiagni3578 Goddamn!
JFK Jr faked his death and went of grid.
It’s interesting in Jackie’s tapes she said it was joe who really raised the family and that rose was more concerned with placemats. Jackie said it would break her little mind to try to figure out which house the needed ones were in.
Mrs. Rosemary Kennedy was a strong and beautiful lady. Being a mother of nine children. Endured buried three sons and a daughter who was mentally challenged along with just being a mother and grandmother. A husband who allegedly had extra marital affairs during the course of their marriage, it was also alleged that he earned some of his wealth by being a bootlegger in the era of prohibition and his alleged affiliations with the mafia/mob. I'm sure some of these rumors she may have heard about, therefore Mrs. Kennedy had to deal with those emotions.A lot of comments concerning the institutionalization and lobotomized daughter that the parents put away and they never visited anymore. In those days so little was known about how to treat medically, training and support for the mentally challenged people. In this interview Mrs. Kennedy stated that it was apart of the reasons why the family got involved with politics to create laws, awareness, education,support and training programs for the mentally challenged. People who have made the negative comments I wonder what they would do in this situation and during those times. And had to still raised the other eight children. I'm sure that would do the same or nothing at all.
The people who are making the negative and sometimes disgusting comments have clearly not spent one moment to research the history of this famous family. Unfortunately, there is a subculture of misfits who make ignorant comments on line simply for the shock value. They hide behind their computer.
Portia Mathews: Her name was Rose Kennedy, not Rosemary. Rosemary was the name of her eldest daughter.
She buried 3 sons and a daughter.
You're right, JFK, Jr resembled her even the way she speak. It's the hairline and shape of the face.
@@ZenaidaRoxas-yk8pp you're so right and thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I can't imagine losing 3 sons and 1 daughter at such young ages. This woman was very tough and amazing.
Not too sure about tough, she was a survivor.
Don’t forget about losing a child whom underwent a lobotomy and was unfortunately committed to a institution in Wisconsin for the rest of their life
I read the book Rose I was just interested in what Rose was up to next before jets,cars she travel all over the world back and forth on queen Mary ship and others she knew everyone famous shop Paris latest wardrobe made sure all Kennedy men went to Harvard.knew daughter they called kick would have sad ending. Rose keep thin after nine kids.
@@HORSEYANIME2024 well taken care of all her life
@@beatricewoods8377 financially - not emotionally!!!
extraordinary - is there a second part?
What a beautiful, creative teacher! I love her story of kings and shrieks! Marvelous mind!