Eunice Kennedy Shriver

A member of one of the most prominent families in American politics and a trailblazer in the effort to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. A sister of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy and the mother-in-law of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, Mrs. Shriver never held elective office. Yet she was no stranger to Capitol Hill, and some view her work on behalf of the developmentally challenged, including the founding of the Special Olympics.