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Rosemary Kennedy, R.I.P.

Jesse Walker | 1.10.2005 3:02 PM


Sheldon Richman remembers the late Rosemary Kennedy, a mildly retarded woman who was lobotomized for fear that she might hurt her brother's political career.

Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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