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Mary Jo Kopechne (/ k oʊ ˈ p ɛ k n i /; July 26, 1940 – July 18 or 19, 1969) was an American secretary, and one of the campaign workers for U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room Girls".
The Chappaquiddick incident occurred on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, United States, sometime around midnight, between July 18 and 19, 1969, [5] [6] when Mary Jo Kopechne died inside the car driven by United States Senator Ted Kennedy after he accidentally drove off a narrow bridge, causing it to overturn in Poucha Pond.
In July 1969, Ted Kennedy was involved in a car accident at a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts that resulted in the death of his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. [7] Although pregnant and confined to bed in the wake of two previous miscarriages, Joan attended Kopechne's funeral.
Ted Kennedy held elected office for ~40 years even after leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown following a drunk driving incident. Yes, it was covered. Yes, there have been books and movies about it.
The movie depicts Edward (Ted) Kennedy attempting to persuade Mary Jo Kopechne to join his presidential campaign. [17] In the film, Mary Jo is seen as a political strategist and victim to the car crash. [17] Aside from mentioning Robert (Bobby) Kennedy's campaign, the Boiler Room Girls' other political work is not mentioned. [17]
Kennedy, therefore, knew that Mary Jo Kopechne was pregnant because she had told him so, according to this scenario. Discovering she was dead, he realized that if Kopechne’s pregnancy became public after her death, he might be falsely accused of siring the child (applicable DNA methods did not exist at the time).
The Florida Pregnancy Care Network was planning to award another $275,000 to Mary’s this year, according to documents obtained through a public records request — until journalists from Reveal ...
It's been about 40 years since I read Jack Olsen's book, The Bridge at Chappaquiddick, but I remember Olsen stating as fact the important detail that Mary Jo Kopechne's panties were missing when her body was found. If true, this would be evidence for the alternative theory that the object of Kennedy's advances that night was Ms. Kopechne ...