TY - BOOK AU - Callahan,Maureen TI - Ask not: the Kennedys and the women they destroyed SN - 9780316276177 (hardcover) AV - 002 E 843 C156a 2024 U1 - 973.922092/2 PY - 2024/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - Kennedy family. KW - Kennedy (Familia) KW - Kennedy, John F. KW - Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, KW - Kennedy, Robert F. KW - Kennedy, Edward M. KW - Moxley, Martha. KW - Moxley, Martha, KW - Kopechne, Mary Jo, KW - Politicians KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Políticos KW - Biografías KW - Estados Unidos KW - Politicians' spouses KW - Esposas de políticos KW - Adultery KW - history KW - 20th century KW - Adulterio KW - Historia KW - Siglo XX KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index; Prologue Part one: Icons. Carolyn Bessette ; Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Part two: The girls. Mimi Beardsley and Diana de Vegh Part three: The bombshell. Marilyn Monroe Part four: The lonely graves. Mary Richardson Kennedy ; Kick Kennedy Part five: Ted's blondes. Mary Jo Kopechne ; Joan Bennett Kennedy Part six: The mythmaker. Jackie Kennedy Part seven: Stolen youth. Pamela Kelley ; Martha Moxley Part eight: Falling stars. Marilyn Monroe ; Jackie Kennedy Onassis Part nine: Homes for wayward girls. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy ; Rosemary Kennedy Part ten: Rebels. Joan Kennedy ; Carolyn Bessette Kennedy Part eleven: Survivors. Mimi Beardsley Alford and Diana de Vegh Part twelve: Phoenix. Jackie Bouvier Onassis Epilogue Acknowledgments Kennedy family tree Bibliography Notes Index N2 - "For decades, the Kennedy name has been synonymous with wealth, power, and--above all else--integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the Kennedy men's legacy of physical and psychological abuse of women, part of a tradition of toxic masculinity that spans generations and has ruined untold lives. Through scandal after scandal, the family and their defenders have managed to keep this shameful story out of the spotlight. Now, in Ask Not, bestselling journalist Maureen Callahan reveals the Kennedys' hidden history of abuse and exploitation, laying bare their rampant misogyny and restoring women to the center of the dynasty's story: from Jacqueline Onassis and Marilyn Monroe to Carolyn Bessette, Mary Richardson, Rosemary Kennedy, and many others whose names aren't nearly as well known - but rightfully should be. Drawing on years of fierce reportage and written in electric prose, Ask Not is a long-overdue reckoning with this fabled American family, showing how the Kennedy myth and their raw political power has enabled the clan's many predators while also silencing generations of traumatized women and girls. At long last, Callahan also redirects the spotlight to the women in the Kennedys' orbit, paying homage to those who freed themselves--and giving voice to the countless others who could not do the same."-- Provided by publisher ER -