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4 giorni fa · Eunice Kennedy Shriver was an American social activist who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of the intellectually disabled and, in an effort to provide a forum for them to compete athletically, founded (1968) the Special Olympics.
- Pat Bauer
1 giorno fa · Fondata da Eunice Kennedy Shriver — sorella di John Fitzgerald Kennedy — negli Usa nel 1968, propone ed organizza allenamenti ed eventi per persone con disabilità intellettiva e per ogni livello di abilità.
5 giorni fa · In 1984 Shriver was elected president of the Special Olympics, which his wife, Eunice, had founded in 1968. He was the recipient of numerous honours—including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honour, in 1994. In 2003 Shriver was diagnosed with Alzheimer disease.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 giorni fa · 18 January 2011 (Aged 95) Bethesda, Maryland. Ill health from Alzheimers. Education: Yale University and then Yale Law School, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree. Spouse: Eunice Kennedy (m. 1953–her death in 2009) Children: Robert Sargent “Bobby” Shriver III.
10 ore fa · In 2009, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, younger sister of President John Kennedy, mother of former California first lady Maria Shriver and founder of the Special Olympics, died in a Cape Cod, Mass., hospital. She was 88. She devoted much of her life to raising funds for, and awareness of, people with mental disabilities.
5 giorni fa · The family visits the residence of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., in Hyannis Port. The President greets Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., while Eunice Kennedy Shriver is present.
2 giorni fa · Shriver was born in Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on November 6, 1955, the second child of politician Sargent Shriver and activist Eunice Kennedy. She is a niece of the late U.S. president John F. Kennedy, U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. senator Ted Kennedy, and six other siblings.
