Author Eileen McNamara

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Johnson Room

Event Details

The founder of the Special Olympics and a pioneering champion of children and adults with intellectual disabilities, Eunice Kennedy Shriver may have changed the world as significantly as her more-famous brothers did. The first definitive biography of this crusading woman, by Eileen McNamara, will be published on April 3. Ms. McNamara spent nearly 30 years as a journalist at The Boston Globe, where she won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Her column touched off the abuse cover-up investigation portrayed in the movie “Spotlight.” Copies of Eunice will be available for sale and signing courtesy of the Book Stall.


Event Type(s): Author Event
Age Group(s): Adult