Edward M. Kennedy (1932–2009)
Autor/a de True Compass: A Memoir
Sobre l'autor
Edward M. Kennedy was born in 1932. He was thrown out of Harvard University in 1951 for cheating, but he eventually returned and received a degree in 1956. He also attended the University of Virginia Law School. He was elected to the Senate in 1962, taking the seat that his brother John F. Kennedy mostra'n més had occupied before being elected President, and served for the next 47 years. His legislative achievements included bills to provide health insurance for children of the working poor, the landmark 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, Meals on Wheels for the elderly, abortion clinic access, family leave, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He wrote the following books: My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D. C. and True Compass. He died from brain cancer on August 25, 2009 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Obres de Edward M. Kennedy
The American Journey of Barack Obama 5 exemplars
The Eulogy to Robert F. Kennedy 3 exemplars
Highlights from profiles in courage 1 exemplars
Det dages i vest 1 exemplars
Decisioni per gli anni settanta 1 exemplars
Crisis on Cyprus: A Report Prepared for the Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees… (1975) 1 exemplars
In Critical Condition 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis (2001) — Narrador, algunes edicions — 548 exemplars
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2001) — Introducció — 311 exemplars
The American Irish: A Political and Social Portrait (1963) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 39 exemplars
ABM; an evaluation of the decision to deploy an antiballistic missile system (1969) — Introducció — 16 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Kennedy, Edward Moore
- Altres noms
- Kennedy, Ted
- Data de naixement
- 1932-02-22
- Data de defunció
- 2009-08-25
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, USA
- Educació
- Harvard University
University of Virginia - Professions
- U.S. Senator (Massachusetts)
politician - Relacions
- Kennedy, Joseph P. (father)
Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald (mother)
Kennedy, John F. (brother)
Kennedy, Robert F. (brother)
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr. (nephew)
Shriver, Maria (niece) (mostra-les totes 9)
Kennedy, Caroline (niece)
Lawford, Christopher Kennedy (nephew)
Kennedy, John F., Jr. (nephew) - Organitzacions
- United States Army
U.S. Senate - Premis i honors
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 16
- També de
- 9
- Membres
- 1,773
- Popularitat
- #14,522
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 43
- ISBN
- 43
- Llengües
- 5
- Preferit
- 1