- Eunice Kennedy Shriver - Wikipedia
She was a sister of U S President John F Kennedy, U S Senators Robert F Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, and U S Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith Shriver nationalized the Special Olympics, a sports organization conceived for persons with intellectual disabilities
- Eunice Kennedy Shrivers Story - SpecialOlympics. org
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, was a pioneer in the worldwide struggle for rights and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver | Biography, Special Olympics, Facts - Britannica
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
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s Story - Special Olympics Arizona
Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s Story founder of Special Olympics, was a pioneer in the worldwide struggle for rights and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities
- Our Founder - Special Olympics Florida
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, was a pioneer in the worldwide struggle for rights and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities
- Who was Eunice Kennedy Shriver? - Special Olympics New Hampshire
In 1962, she began an experimental camp in her backyard for young people with intellectual disabilities, which continued throughout the 1960s Her work eventually grew into the Special Olympics Movement, which launched at the first Special Olympics International Games on July 20, 1968
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver Biography - Championing the Cause - Resources
A short biography of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her life, work and passion for helping children and adults with intellectual disabilities reach their full potential
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life . . .
Eunice Kennedy Shriver was an American philanthropist, best remembered for her contribution to charities for intellectually disabled people and for starting the 'Special Olympics,' the first-ever sports and athletic event for people with special needs
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics | Harvard Magazine
In 1968, she opened the first Special Olympics, welcoming 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities onto Chicago’s Soldier Field just as she and her husband, R Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps, had welcomed 100 children with similar disabilities to a makeshift sports camp on their Maryland estate yearly since 1962
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Influential Founder of Special Olympics, Dies . . .
Mrs Shriver, 88, was a sister of President John F Kennedy and a trailblazer in improving the lives of people with disabilities
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