Eunice Kennedy Eunice Kennedy ShriverShriver

By: Brenda GonzalezBy: Brenda Gonzalez

4/12/20104/12/2010

Early lifeEarly life

Born Born Eunice Mary Eunice Mary KennedyKennedy in in Brookline, Brookline, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, she was the fifth she was the fifth of nine children of of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald.Fitzgerald.

Education and Personal Education and Personal LifeLife

She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roe Hampton, London, England; and Heart, Roe Hampton, London, England; and Manhattan Ville College in Purchase, New York. After Manhattan Ville College in Purchase, New York. After graduating from Stanford University with a Bachelor graduating from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology in 1943 .She worked of Science degree in sociology in 1943 .She worked for the Special War Problems Division of the U.S. for the Special War Problems Division of the U.S. State Department. She eventually moved to the U.S. State Department. She eventually moved to the U.S. Justice Department as executive secretary for a Justice Department as executive secretary for a project dealing with juvenile delinquency. She served project dealing with juvenile delinquency. She served as a social worker at the Federal Industrial Institution as a social worker at the Federal Industrial Institution for Women for one year before moving to Chicago in for Women for one year before moving to Chicago in 1951 to work with the House of the Good Shepherd 1951 to work with the House of the Good Shepherd women's shelter and the Chicago Juvenile Court.women's shelter and the Chicago Juvenile Court.

AccomplishmentsAccomplishments In 2006 she received a papal knighthood from In 2006 she received a papal knighthood from

Pope Benedict XVI being named a Dame of the Pope Benedict XVI being named a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. Her mother Order of St. Gregory the Great. Her mother had been created a papal countess in 1950 by had been created a papal countess in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. Pope Pius XII. In 2008, the U.S. In 2008, the U.S. Congress Congress changed the Niche's name to the Eunice changed the Niche's name to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. In December Health and Human Development. In December 2008, Sports Illustrated named her the first 2008, Sports Illustrated named her the first recipient of Sportsman of the Year Legacy recipient of Sportsman of the Year Legacy AwardAward

Death and Last DayDeath and Last Day

Eunice , who was believed to have Eunice , who was believed to have suffered from Addison's disease, suffered suffered from Addison's disease, suffered a stroke and a broken hip in 2005. On a stroke and a broken hip in 2005. On November 18, 2007 she was admitted to November 18, 2007 she was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where she spent several weeks. Boston, where she spent several weeks. On August 10 her relatives were called to On August 10 her relatives were called to the hospital.Early the following morning, the hospital.Early the following morning, Eunice died at the hospital. She was 88 Eunice died at the hospital. She was 88 years old. years old.