“All this pent up emotion in the Kennedy circle (not to mention the hundreds of thousands of letters of condolence that flooded into the office designated for Jackie in the executive office building) focused on the thirty four year old widow. It induced an abnormal atmosphere of suppressed hysteria, emotion, catatonic grief that marked Jackie for life. Even in her private life she became someone extraordinary, touched by fate and celebrity. No one would would ever be able to react normally to her again; nor would she ever, however hard she tried- and she did try- be able to escape her golden cage.”

- Sarah Bradford, excerpt from the biography “America’s Queen”

Joan and Edward Kennedy attend the Kennedy Inaugural Ball on January 20th, 1961.

November 29, 1958 - Ted and Joan Kennedy cutting wedding cake, Bronxville, NY, with JFK smiling

On November 29, 1958, Joan Bennett married Edward M. Kennedy in the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Bronxville. The groom's brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, can be seen in the background.

Photo: Jacob Harris for the AP

The E.M.K'S - Senator Edward M. Kennedy & Joan Kennedy with their children Kara and Edward Jr., photographed by Bruce Davidson for American Vogue, July 1965.

Happy birthday to Virginia Joan Bennett Kennedy ~ September 2, 1936🎂🎂🎂

Ted and Joan with Kara and Ted Jr, Hyannis Port, 1962🤍

JFK dances with his new sister-in-law Joan

Jack dances with Joan on her wedding day, 1958

Joan Kennedy modeling a evening gown for a Benefit Fashion Show in Boston, MA

c. April 1962

Joan Kennedy with her husband, Senator Edward Kennedy arriving at the Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy on May of 1961.

1955, Gorgeous Joan Bennett poses in Bermuda after being crowned 'College Queen'. She was 19.

The Kennedy women of Camelot.

Ted and Joan Kennedy with their children Edward Jr. and Kara in Hyannis Port, 1965. Photograph by Betty Kuhner.