what would i have thought about eunice kennedy shriver in 1984? i'm guessing i would have thought, she's president kennedy 's sister. she was sergeant shriver's wife and maria shriver's mother. i wrote this book to restore eunice kennedy shriver to her own place in history which is remarkable for some things beyond the founding of the special olympics. who is eunice? calling this book eunice was a stretch for me. the publish letter said you can't call it mrs. shriver. but every one in her life, people who knew her for decades called her mrs. shriver. her daughters in law called her mrs. shiver. i'm was sure if we named it "eunice," there would be a thunderbolt that hit me across conneticut avenue. who was she? she was often overlooked middle child of joe and rose fitzgerald kennedy. she was not old enough to be part of the golden trio. jack, joe, jr., kick. they were the glamorous kennedys. rosemary was tucked in the middle, forgotten in her own way. so she wound up at the kid's table most of the time. supervising rosemary, cutting her meat for her

it must be my colleague who covered that ceremony and what what i've thought about eunice kennedy shriver in 1984. i'm guessing i would've thought she's president kennedy sister, she was sergeant shriver's wife. she's maria shriver's mother. i wrote this in part to restore eunice kennedy shriver to her own place in history which is remarkable for so many things beyond the founding of the special olympics. calling this book eunice was a stretch for me. the publisher said you can't call it mrs. shriver. but everyone in her life and people who knew her for decades called her mrs. shriver. her daughter-in-law called her mrs. shriver. and i was sure if we named it eunice there would be a thunderbolt that would hit me crossing connecticut avenue. who was she. she was the often overlooked middle child she was old enough to be part of the golden trio they were the glamorous kennedys. rosemary was tucked in the middle forgot in her own way. so she round up at the kids table most of the time. supervising rosemary cutting her meat for her. supervising her younger siblings that she was at a disadvant

she said it's all of the peace and we now have what is called the eunice kennedy shriver institute for child health and human development. it was created during the kennedy administration because she saw what so many people in medicine could not see. ironically, when patrick was born he died shortly after birth. he died of hyaline membrane disease which is a lung disease that no children die of today because at the institute of child health and human development research into the development of lungs in the world had progressed in such a way that it's in non- starter as a serious threat to children. we all that to eunice. we think of her as the special olympics, but it's much much archer than that. advocacy touched all our lives without us knowing it. any of us who have carried a child on that to her. she was a massive contradiction, my idea that she was a lovely lady who had this great charitable heart, this is half true, she was certainly compassionate and empathetic to these children, it's she was largely an absent mother, while writing pieces for the ladies home journal about how m

recently with the author of a book about a lesser-knownut arguably no less influential kennedy sibling: eunice kenny shriver. >> woodruff: eileen mcnamara thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> woodruff: so thbook title is "eunice: the kennedy who changed the world" andnot just the title but in a early review, "kirkus reviews," they describe your book, "a convincing argument that eunice fnnedy shriver, the fifth nine kennedy children changeds the world in w least as significant as her more famous relatives."h that's a hr. >> yeah, that's a pretty high bar. i think she hurdled it. >> woodruff: it was almost as if she was born with additional energy and additional drive. where did that come from? >> well it's interesting because she was born with all kinds of physical ailments and yet she powered through them. somebody else might have taken to their bed. but eunice took to the athletic fields. she took to her schoolbooks. she excelled at everything she did. uff: and you cite in the book a point when later in her life she was talking about growing up and what her parents said to her, and she

and pulitzer prize-winning journalist eileen mcnamara recounts the life of the late eunice kennedy shriverat's all this weekend on booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. for a complete schedule, visit our web site, booktv.com. now, first up, author nick adams argues that elites in new york and hollywood are trying to bring down president trump. >> well, i've got to say, that's been an exciting last 30 minute bees or an hour -- minutes or an hour or so. it's, the transition is always kind of a

on conservatism and pulitzer prize-winning journalist eileen mcnamara recounts the life of eunice kennedy shriver. that is all this weekend on booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. for complete schedule visit our website, booktv.org. >> it is very important to remember, what is largely misunderstood, they didn't come to congress for the most part with the intent of reforming congress. as i talked to dozens of members and ask what motivated you to run for congress in the first place they did not cite the need for reforming the seniority system or redistributing power among subcommittees or changing the motion, that was not the reason. and the earlier reform efforts and jimmy roosevelt and mccarthy's marauders, julia hansen's select committee or dick bolin's select committee or extensive reform proposals. they didn't know about that. the motive for running over and over is to end the war in vietnam which is why they came to washington. in four once they passed a resolution in a caucus by bob clark for the war in vietnam. they were quite a successfool group. let's remember why they felt

and pulitzer prize-winning journalist eileen mcnamara recounts the life of the late eunice kennedy shriver. that's all this weekend on booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. for a complete schedule, visit our web site, booktv.com. now, first up, author nick adams argues that elites in new york and hollywood are trying to bring down president trump. >> well, i've got to say, that's been an exciting last 30 minute bees or an hour -- minutes or an hour or so. it's, the transition is always kind of a mixed time. we hate to see our great leaders go, and we're welcome to see our new leaders come. so we're all grateful for what we've done and looking forward to what we're getting ready to do. which leads me to my next assignment which is the pleasure i have in introducing our speaker, nick adams. we also want to welcome c-span here today to the convention. they've come to broadcast mr. adams' speech across the nation. and a testament to his rise and great life journey. so this'll be the first time that we've had c-span at our convention, so we thank nick for bringing them along with h

. >> the president's sister, eunice shriver, approaches his door with some trepidation. >> the kennedyind themselves in a more formal relationship with brother jack. >> the president autographs pictures for his sisters and their children. >> stevie? for you. >> but in signing autographs for the family, the president finds it hard not to be presidential. >> we got to churn these out. it's pretty hard to do these. i find myself writing best wishes. this is really boring. >> listen, have a good trip. >> joe kennedy, the brains and money behind his son's campaign, retreats to the family homes in florida and hyannisport. >> joe kennedy knew he had to be very careful not to rain on his son's parade. >> he decided very early on that he was not going to visit the white house. he was not going to appear in public with his son. he didn't want anybody to think that jack kennedy was not his own man. >> jack knows that traditionally american presidents are judged by their first 100 days. >> jack kennedy saw himself as an historic figure. he saw himself as somebody who could lead the country into a