

Here is the essence of a true hero. That is what she was indeed.
* Mother of Maria Shriver
* Fifth of nine children of Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy
* Mother-in-law of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
* Children: Robert (b. 1954), Maria (b. 1955), Timothy (b. 1959), Mark (b. 1964) and Anthony (b. 1965).
* Sister of former US President John F. Kennedy and senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.
* Daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy.
* Mother of Robert Shriver.
* Aunt of Christopher Lawford
* Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998.
* Founded the Special Olympics in 1968.
* She was the first living American woman
to be portrayed on U.S. legal tender (the Special Olympic coins of 1995).
* Sister of Jean Kennedy Smith
* With the death of Rosemary Kennedy on January 7, 2005, she is the oldest living child of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy.