Let Me Be Brave in the Attempt

"Within the constraints of her era, gender, and social strata, Mrs. Shriver was deeply ambitious, becoming an international leader more than a half century ago in the movement to wrest mental retardation from the shadows of hushed conversations.
"A younger sister of Rosemary Kennedy, who was developmentally disabled and institutionalized most of her life, Mrs. Shriver dedicated decades to ensuring that other families would not endure the fate of her own, watching a loved one whisked behind closed doors."

Bryan Marquard in The Boston Globe writes an obit for Eunice Kennedy Shriver.