Joan Kennedy

Relationship : None | Begin significant relationship October 1957 (Met Ted Kennedy) | Relationship : None | Marriage November 1959 (Ted) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 1960 (Daughter Kara born) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 1961 (Son Ted, Jr. born) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 1967 (Son Patrick born) | Social : None | Great Publicity 18 July 1969 (Husband scandal with Kopechne) | Misc. : None | Retain professional help 1974 (Joined AA) | Relationship : None | End significant relationship April 1977 (Separate from Ted) | Social : None | Begin a program of study April 1977 (Returned to school) | Relationship : None | Divorce dates 1982 (From Ted) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1982 (Book released) | Crime : None | Arrest May 1991 (Lost license after three DUIs) | Health : None | 00 midnight in Boston, MA (Mild heart attack, angioplasty) | Crime : None | Arrest 10 September 2000 (DUI charges, released on bail) | Crime : None | 00 noon in Barnstable, MA (Two years probation and random alcohol testing) | Financial : None | Worst Period 2004 (children apply for guardianship) | Health : None | Accident (Non-fatal) 28 March 2005 (Fall) | Health : None | Medical procedure 11 October 2005 (Lumpectomy) | Traits : Personality | Personality vulnerable (Fragile; low self-esteem) | Traits : Personality | Shy | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer (Breast cancer) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Heart (Mild attack) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Accident/Injury | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Surgery (Angioplasty) | Diagnoses : Psychological | Abuse Alcohol (Rehab and relapse often, lost drivers licence) | Family : Childhood | Advantaged (Born into the upper class) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (19 years to Ted Kennedy) | Family : Relationship | Mate - Noted (U.S. Senator) | Family : Relationship | Stress - Extramarital affairs (Philandering husband) | Family : Relationship | Stress - Traumatic event (Husband scandal, two kin shot) | Family : Parenting | Birthing - Miscarriages (Difficult preganancies, three miscarriages) | Family : Parenting | Kids more than 3 (Three) | Family : Parenting | Kids -Traumatic event (Son with bone cancer) | Lifestyle : Financial | Gain - Money Through Marriage (Kennedy family) | Lifestyle : Financial | Philanthropist (Donating time to public schools) | Passions : None | Civil/ Political (DUI x3) | Personal : Religion/Spirituality | 12 step group (Alcoholics Anonymous, nine years sobriety) | Vocation : Writers | Textbook/ Non-fiction | Notable : Famous | Socialite | Notable : Book Collection | Profiles Of Women