What is Ethel Kennedy?
{{Infobox person | image = 3W-0159-Edit (CMYK) - Ethel Kennedy (cropped).jpg | caption = Kennedy in 1968 | birth_name = Ethel Skakel | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|4|11}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|10|1928|4|11}} | death_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | education = [[Manhattanville College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Robert F. Kennedy]]|1950|1968|end=[[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|died]]}} | children = {{flatlist| * [[Kathleen Kennedy Townsend|Kathleen]] * [[Joseph P. Kennedy II|Joseph II]] * [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.|Robert Jr.]] * [[David A. Kennedy|David]] * Courtney * [[Michael LeMoyne Kennedy|Michael]] * [[Kerry Kennedy|Kerry]] * [[Christopher G. Kennedy|Christopher]] * [[Max Kennedy|Max]] * [[Douglas Harriman Kennedy|Douglas]] * [[Rory Kennedy|Rory]] }} | parents = {{ubl|[[George Skakel]]|Ann Brannack}} | relatives = [[Kennedy family]] }} '''Ethel Kennedy''' (née '''Skakel'''; April 11, 1928 &ndash; October 10, 2024) was an [[Americans|American]] activist and politician. She was the widow of [[Robert F. Kennedy]]. She had eleven children together; including [[Kathleen Kennedy Townsend]], [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]], [[Christopher G. Kennedy]], [[Joseph P. Kennedy II]] and [[Rory Kennedy]]. Skakel was born on April 11, 1928 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. She studied at [[Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart]] in 1945. Skakel met Robert while he was dating her sister. On June 17, 1950, Robert and Ethel married in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]]. They had eleven children. Two of their children died. In 1968, shortly after her husband's assassination, Kennedy founded the non-profit organization [[Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights]]. Kennedy supported [[Barack Obama]] during his 2008 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethel Kennedy Endorses Barack Obama |url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CGBjb |publi