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Ask Not
The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
Book • 2024
In 'Ask Not', Maureen Callahan lays bare the dark truth behind the Kennedy family's legacy, exposing generations of physical and psychological abuse of women.
The book focuses on the stories of women such as Jacqueline Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Carolyn Bessette, Mary Jo Kopechne, and Rosemary Kennedy, among others, highlighting the toxic masculinity and raw political power that enabled these abuses.
Callahan's work is a long-overdue reckoning with the Kennedy myth, giving voice to the women who were silenced and traumatized by the family's actions.
The book focuses on the stories of women such as Jacqueline Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Carolyn Bessette, Mary Jo Kopechne, and Rosemary Kennedy, among others, highlighting the toxic masculinity and raw political power that enabled these abuses.
Callahan's work is a long-overdue reckoning with the Kennedy myth, giving voice to the women who were silenced and traumatized by the family's actions.
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