Wow she looked good here and she was already 84 years old in this interview. She’s from 1890 and this interview is from 1974. She died in 1995 at 105. Damn

I remember having read in one of JFK's biographies that she once wanted to leave Joe sr. I believe it was after she had Rosemary or Kathleen and she found out about his cheating. She went home to her parents but her father sent her back. And after that she became colder. I wouldn't judge her too harshly, she really had to put up with a lot, she was born in 1890 and those were totally different times for women.

She was once asked . How did you manage to survive all the tragedy in your life . She replied “ the brain grows a sort of scar tissue to protect its sanity”. How beautiful a statement

Mrs. Kennedy was the epitome of grace, class and dignity. A wonderful woman indeed, blessed for sure to see nearly 105 years. She was born the same year as President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1890. He passed in 1969, age 78, and she in 1995, age 104!

She would live for 21 more years after this interview, passing away at the age of 104.

This woman knows PAIN!

At the end of the day, I admire this woman, and I have much respect for her.

Very intelligent and composed woman. How she psychologically handled and withstood all that loss is incredible.

When she speaks she seems to get lost in her conversations...almost like something's heavy on her heart.

It's incredibly important to be polite to one's maid and chauffer...words that I live by each and every day!

She had a lot of dignity considering all the tragedy she had to emotionally process - if it weren’t for her faith I don’t think she would have fared as well - I would have needed to be heavily medicated! RIP Mrs. Kennedy

this woman lived to he 104 years old, rest her soul, she gave us some of the best men in history.

A most underrated lady, bless her what a wonderful caring lady, and mother. Rose Kennedy greatest respect to her memory.

Rose Kennedy, I give all my love for taking the courage of a mother to nine children who especially were in front of the public eye, being faithful when your husband was not, being a very religious Catholic woman to your Children and grandchildren I hope you had a great life during your time on this earth, Rest in peace.~ Rose Kennedy

I have such a tremendous curiosity and “obsession” with The Kennedy’s. The entire concept of the family and the generations to this day are fascinating. The way she speaks of her family and her husband (even the big pearls) shows the time frame in which she lived and how she parented and presented herself. The first thing that I immediately noticed was when she talked about Joe Jr. and how he was supposed to be president. It’s easy to see how she and Joe Sr. wanted their children to carry out their dreams and if it didn’t happen, it was devastating. Even looking back in this interview, it seems that he was always the star.

An amazing woman very much of her time I’m shook she lived a whole century so very knowledgeable and strong faith even when tested

I am from the middle east in Kuwait, It is really a sad for killing such a great president who is beloved world wide. May he, his brother and son rest in peace.

When she closed her eyes recalling her son being elected president 💔

I've noticed that older women seem to choose their words very carefully. My Mother did that

To survive your children and still find strength to live... remarkable

No-one deserves to lose as much as this woman has

How did she survive all that loss? Mindboggling. May she rest in Christ's peace

This lady is the epitome of grace under fire. God bless her and her family. Love the Kennedy's.

There is a marvellous interview on A&E with Rose Kennedy. It is one of the best interviews ever.

This lady went through a lot of loss and pain in her lifetime she had three sons that made a difference to the political platform.

I absolutely love Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. A smart, strong and determined woman.

Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy I think is very misunderstood. My parents (old baby boomers) were huge fans of the Kennedy family because my parents grew up NewEnglanders and are ethnic (Irish and French) labour stock immigrants to the USA. So they loved the Kennedy's. Rose graduated high school at age 15 because she was so academically gifted and determined and came from a prominent family, the Fitzgeralds. Her father had been mayor and I believe older relatives had held government positions and she was her dad's right hand woman. He took her everywhere with him. She was denied by her own mother to attend Wellesley College where she wanted to go to instead go to a less progressive Catholic women's college which she always resented. Then she was "wined and dined" by Joseph Kennedy who saw her bloodline and good Catholic upbringing to be a potential wife. Her own father Honey Fitz did not want her to marry Joe and she had offers from men from the Lipton tea family and other suitors since she was an attractive well-connected affluent young woman from a good family. She married Joe and it all went downhill for Rose. She had more children than maybe she wanted to have? Joe started philandering soon into the marriage and Rose realized she was in a sham marriage and was going to be a housewife and long suffering wife so she hired help since Joe was gone making money and she was a single parent raising children. Apparently she walked out of the marriage after the third child was born and went to live with her parents and they told her she had to go back to her new family and children. So she did try to leave. And six more children came and I think her life with Joe was misery for a long time. I admire her. She was a beautiful brilliant young woman from a great family, the Fitzgeralds, who married poorly and resented being a housewife and cheated on wife. So she compensated by basically farming the children out to governesses, cooks, maids, chauffeurs....etc...to keep her sanity. She was the one with the academic leaning more than Joe. He was good at business and making money. I don't think being the child of a cold mother would have been easy, but she had her reasons. If your marriage sucks and you're treated beneath what you feel you deserve, you compensate in other ways. To me, she is "Iron Rose".

Mavis’ voice sounds like Amanpour’s. I see Teddy’s face in Rose’s.

This is personal, private side of the Kennedys: The quiet, religious, and humble Kennedy's. A Family that danced to the same, nice, calm, quiet, special tune. Rest In Peace to those who "Passed Away" who are Kennedy's. God Bless.

Rose Kennedy has got the demeanour of a wee lady that goes to mass.

Extraordinary lady, exemplary family. I know all the stories about Rosemary, but you have to remember that was accepted medical practice at that time. Eventually people in the future will look back at out time and view our current treatments for cancer, and view the cut, burn, and poison therapies with the same contempt. This family sent their kids to war to fight right alongside kids from poor and ordinary families which died and suffered like the rest. They did not "buy" special privileges, or exemptions like occurred with some of our current political leaders from wealthy, politically connected families. They used their wealth to help the less fortunate, and stuck by each other during tragedies. Very rare quality these days in families rich or otherwise.

I'm guessing this was shown in the afternoon on the womens magazine show that used to be on ITV in the 70's....just goes to show how far we've fallen in terms of content.

Yes, Rose Kennedy had courage. She lost half her children during her lifetime. "The sins of the father." I tend to think in this case. Joe Kennedy Sr. was quite a piece of work. "Agony and ecstasy" is right - this woman had a lot of faith.

Strong woman! She lost some of her children but kept it moving!

Gloria Swanson on Joe her philandering husband: Rose must be a saint, a fool, or just a better actress than me!

One quote of hers was it isn't the events themselves that happen in your life, but how you handle them. Wise words.

she lost 4 kids, 2 grandkids, and 1 husband all before she died herself. it sucks really and very unfortunate

This women bore great pain. The son who she said died in the war was never recovered, that must be difficult to come to terms with.

A genuinely elegant and honest,straight forward, and disciplined Lady!

A beautiful woman with extraordinary will and courage.

I really do admire Rose. She is so soft spoken and so sweet. She reminds me of a grandma. I sure miss my grandma who is now in heaven. RIP Rose and granny!! 🌹❤️❤️

Product of her time and upbringing. Such a beautiful family herself and jo produced. Very sad how things turned out .

What a strong, incredible woman!

She's beautiful. I can see features of her son's in her. Wow ,the mother of our very first most handsome president.

people are so critical on here...yet none of you have walked in her shoes...God bless Rose serving 2 deaths of her oldest children and then 2 murders of her sons...RIP beautiful lady

Terrible thing to lose half your kids so unnecessarily.

Both JFKjr and Caroline look like her. Astounding resemblance of her hairline to JFKjr he also had same grace in his manner of speech as she exhibits. She did have a lot of faith, and a balanced view of life. She witnessed the entire 20th Century, and what a century it was.

I like her Boston accent!

Still beautiful and healthy. Adiscipline and a devout Catholic. She had the will and courageous. So strong. So calm yet facing too many tragedy in her family. Losing 2 sons and a daughter. She was so calm during the interview. The best wife, mother and grandmother. Peace be with her.

Having this interview on KZfaq is a gift.. She was a remarkable woman.. God bless her..

Great woman ! Incredible hair at 84 !!! Of course, it can be a wig !

Yes she raised a well organized family and her children achieved a lot, but I feel like anyone could have done so with all of the MONEY and SERVANTS they had. I think that a poor mother who raises an accomplished child and struggles with issues like putting food on the table and choosing between medicine or paying the heating bill, is far more deserving of being called an amazing woman.

Setting aside the fact that she birthed one of the Best President this Nation has ever had, I am stunned at the cruelty she and Joe bestowed upon their daughter Rosemary. Heartbreaking beyond measure what they allowed to happen to her.

What a great find!

One of the best recorded interviews ever.

Amazing woman. Her son was the last good democrat President we ever had. RFK would’ve been a good President too.

The interviewer is still alive aged 87

I think Rose Kennedy's daughter Kathleen was the rebel of the family.

Even if it was the nurses fault she still should of loved her daughter like a proper mother. This woman was not capable of real love. Poor Rosemary she acted out because she wasn’t loved.

I remember Mavis from my childhood days watching TV, she was brilliant !!!!

Irish through and through x

As a mother she was completely checked out. Oftentimes not even physically present.

Americans owe a lot to this family. If Bobby had survived to be elected president, the country and the world would be a better place.

Thank you for sharing 🌺🙏❤️47 years ago 🙏

One tough lady I believe after Joe's stroke, her first act was to fire his secretary- mistress " but u are Joe, you are"

She didn't raise them all that much. A squad of servants and governesses. She checked out for long shopping vacations. They went to boarding schools.

Rose Kennedy was a devout Catholic who attended daily mass and prayed the Rosary daily. She even mentions the Hail Mary during this interview! I cannot help but wonder if her influence in those last years of Joseph Kennedy's life, after his stroke in 1961 may have helped Joe make peace with the Catholic Church. Joe was an amazing and intelligent man who had it all. The stroke left him a completely helpless bystander. He could no longer speak. After stroke he watched two more of his children die. This time by assassination. Joe was a man who committed many sins, for example his affairs. Although I will never know I like to think that Rose in those final years of Joe's life helped him to make a good confession and receive the last rites of the Catholic Church.

I didn't see her like that. She seems to be very strong and strict.

When I worked on Capital Hill back in the late 80’s on the same floor as Ted Kennedy Ted would leave the hill EVERY Friday at noon to go visit his Mom In Boston without fail. He was crazy about her.

Rose 🌹 Fitzgerald Kennedy was exactly 104.5 years old when she passed. She said that living near the ocean helped extend her life. Sea air is good for longevity apparently. .

It is an honor and privilege to be with Mother Of The President Of The United States Of America. One of the greatest help we can get in our daily Lives is - being with Her and pay attention to every word She wants to inform the World about Her experience in Life.

She spends ages extolling the virtues of raising polite children but seems never to have taught them how rude it is to shag around on one's wife or fail to help a woman trapped in a sinking car.

Of all the Kennedys, this is the one I love. Mrs. Rose Kennedy ♥

to her defense, she was a person of great privilege...she raised her family with the luxury of what came with that....lots of help...

A role model and woman of great faith and dignity. God bless her!

I remember watching this at the time…horrendous experience(s) one right after the other…she is an extremely composed Victorian woman.

Back then labotomy was experiencmental ... I honestly believe joe thought it would help her ,. Stange tho ,joe ended up unable to talk or comminicate at All . I wonder at times if he thought this was what rosemary heard but couldn't comminicate . Rip forever to All Kennedy's that's passed away . And Jackie ..

I can't imagine losing 3 sons and 1 daughter at such young ages. This woman was very tough and amazing.

Refreshing to watch. Great recommendation

Rose talks at one point about her husband, Joe Sr., serving as US Ambassador to Britain from 1938-40, and how her children met Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill. The fact is that Churchill detested Joe Kennedy, because he favored appeasement and opposed US aid to Britain. Kennedy should NEVER have been the US Ambassador to Britain; an Irishman who really despised the British (even though his daughter, Kathleen, married an English nobleman who was killed in the war), and he was anti-Semitic and somewhat sympathetic to Hitler. The only reason FDR appointed Kennedy to that post was to get him out of the U.S. so that Kennedy would not challenge FDR for the Democratic Party re-nomination in 1940. As things turned out, Kennedy cut his own throat politically by declaring that democracy was dead in Britain and the U.S. - as if he really believed in it himself!!! And while Kennedy served as Ambassador, he struck a deal by which he would receive a "commission" for every bottle of Scotch whiskey that was shipped to the U.S. from Scotland; reminiscent of his old bootlegging days. On another occasion in 1944, after Joe Jr was killed in the war, Joe Sr. took Harry Truman aside during an FDR-Truman campaign rally in Boston and asked him "Harry, how can you run with that goddam cripple (FDR), he killed my boy Joe?" Truman wrote about this in one of his books; he was so furious with Kennedy, he just walked away. I'm telling you all, Joe Kennedy was a slimy, miserable character, and much of it rubbed off on his family. I wouldn't trust any of the "goddam" Kennedys!!

I think Rose is my favorite candid mother, Love this. Exchange !!

Mrs. Rosemary Kennedy was a strong and beautiful lady. Being a mother of nine children. Endured buried three sons and a daughter who was mentally challenged along with just being a mother and grandmother. A husband who allegedly had extra marital affairs during the course of their marriage, it was also alleged that he earned some of his wealth by being a bootlegger in the era of prohibition and his alleged affiliations with the mafia/mob. I'm sure some of these rumors she may have heard about, therefore Mrs. Kennedy had to deal with those emotions.A lot of comments concerning the institutionalization and lobotomized daughter that the parents put away and they never visited anymore. In those days so little was known about how to treat medically, training and support for the mentally challenged people. In this interview Mrs. Kennedy stated that it was apart of the reasons why the family got involved with politics to create laws, awareness, education,support and training programs for the mentally challenged. People who have made the negative comments I wonder what they would do in this situation and during those times. And had to still raised the other eight children. I'm sure that would do the same or nothing at all.

Mrs Kennedy was a very strong women! Her sense of duty, and her ability to cope with the many tragedies in her life are due to her own upbringing and her strong religious faith.

I love both the ladies' accents. Welsh and New England. lovely sing song sounds.

She's kind of a sad lady...she basically gave up her own identity to be a woman of high society...but maybe that was natural to her. Her hubby sure was a philanderer. Well, we all make our choices.

She lost two sons to murder another to war one daughter in a plane crash and mishandled regrettinly her daughter rose and her husband running around with movie stars wow this woman has had to deal with some shit respect that.

Thank you so much for posting this interview. It is very interesting and I find her very inspiring as a person and as a mother. Thanks again 😊

Her husband took Rosemary Kennedy to Saint Elizabeth's Mental Hospital in Washington DC for a lobotomy which turned her into a vegetable and was institutionalized for the rest of her life. There was behind Rose Kennedy's back. The reason it was done was inexcusable. Namely because she was a gregarious person that didn't meet approval

My Mother always made sure we were polite to the maid and chauffer too! We NEVER talked back to her or gave her any crap.

That whole family has teeth for DAYYYYYYZZZZZ

That woman survived the assassination of 2 sons, the tragic death of her firstborn in a plane crash and the lobotomy of a daughter, whereas she lived such a long life!

...sad that this interview was cut off..! Wonder if there's a part 2..?

You wonder how she made it through life? How she found the courage to forge ahead after such tragedy and personal loss? Her unshakeable Catholic faith .As well as being a Fitzgerald.Whenever I feel weak.I remember Rose Fitzgerald.

Could Rose Kennedy by 84 for this interview. Such a lovely woman.

No person of wealth and privilege could possibly understand the reality that most people have to contend with.!!.?.!! I'm not judging cause I'm a devoted Roman Catholic too but in her mind she most probably believed she did the best she could.

I can’t imagine the pain she went through with 3 sons being killed and also a daughter she was a very strong woman

I do like the card catalog system for health. That is a wonderful way to present the child's records and invaluable information when they grow up. My mother did something similar for me.. I am very grateful.

Clutching at rosary beads whilst Rome burns is somewhat ironic , seems none of them could ever face REALITY

Mrs. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy is a national treasure and a wonderful role model for all women around the world!

Incredible lady and I don’t believe she is sad woman but so level headed and down to earth and naturally contented woman so so rare qualities ….no wonder such great public figures they all became!!!! All I can see her being so normal and strong common sensed mother but a great mother!!!