Ethel Kennedy

Ethel Kennedy
Kennedy in 2018
Born	Ethel Skakel (1928-04-11) April 11, 1928 (age 96) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Manhattanville College (BA)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Robert F. Kennedy ​ ​ (m. 1950; died 1968)​
Children	11
Parents	George Skakel Ann Brannack
Relatives	Kennedy family (through marriage)

Ethel Kennedy (née Skakel /ˈskeɪ.kəl/ SKAY-kel born April 11, 1928) is an American human rights advocate. She is the widow of U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy, and the sixth child of George and Ann (Brannack) Skakel. Shortly after her husband's assassination in 1968, Kennedy founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, a non-profit charity working to reach his goal of a just and peaceful world. In 2014, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. She is the oldest living member of the Kennedy Family.