Maria Owings Shriver
is an American journalist, author, a member of the Kennedy family, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She was married to former governor of California and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, from whom she filed for divorce in 2011; it was finalized in 2021.
Shriver in 2018
Shriver with her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai, China
Shriver in April 2013
(L-R) Lynda Johnson Robb, Shriver, and Luci Baines Johnson at the Civil Rights Exhibit at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2014
The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business. In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford, Ireland, Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office, serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member served in federal elective office from 1947, when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts, until 2011, when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.
Image: Patrick J. Kennedy
Image: Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. 1938 (cropped) (b)
Image: John F. Kennedy, White House color photo portrait (3x 4) (cropped)
Image: Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador 2 (cropped)