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The "Boiler Room Girls" were a team of female staff members who worked in Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. [1]

27 relations: Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, Boston, Boston University, Capitol Hill, Chappaquiddick incident, Chappaquiddick Island, Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968, Edgartown, Massachusetts, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Esther Newberg, Eugene McCarthy, Hit and run, Hubert Humphrey, Law firm, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Literary agent, Lobbying, Manhattanville College, Mary Jo Kopechne, Newton, Massachusetts, Regis College (Massachusetts), Robert F. Kennedy, Stephen Edward Smith, Ted Kennedy, United States Senate, Weston, Massachusetts, 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

On June 5, 1968, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was mortally wounded shortly after midnight PDT at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston University

Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private, non-profit, research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill, in addition to being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues.

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Chappaquiddick incident

The Chappaquiddick incident was a single-vehicle car accident that occurred on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, on Friday, The late night accident was caused by Senator Ted Kennedy's negligence, and resulted in the death of his 28-year-old passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, who was trapped inside According to his testimony, Kennedy accidentally drove his car off the one-lane bridge and into the tide-swept Poucha Pond.

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Chappaquiddick Island

Chappaquiddick Island (Massachusett language: Noepetchepi-aquidenet; colloquially known as "Chappy"), a part of the town of Edgartown, Massachusetts, is a small peninsula and occasional island on the eastern end of Martha's Vineyard.

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Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968

The 1968 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1968 U.S. presidential election.

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Edgartown, Massachusetts

Edgartown is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate (also known as the EMK Institute) is a specialty museum and non-profit educational institution on Columbia Point in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, next to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on the University of Massachusetts Boston campus.

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Esther Newberg

Esther Newberg, originally from Middletown, CT, is an American literary agent and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign.

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Eugene McCarthy

Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, poet, and a long-time Congressman from Minnesota.

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Hit and run

In traffic laws, a hit-and-run is the act of causing a traffic accident and not stopping afterwards.

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Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969.

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Law firm

A law firm or a law company is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.

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Lincoln, Massachusetts

Lincoln is a town in the historic area of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Literary agent

A literary agent (sometimes publishing agent, or writer's representative) is an agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers, film producers, and film studios, and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same.

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Lobbying

Lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies.

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Manhattanville College

Manhattanville College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, located in the village of Harrison near Purchase, New York, in suburban Westchester County, north of New York City.

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Mary Jo Kopechne

Mary Jo Kopechne (July 26, 1940 – July 18, 1969) was an American teacher, secretary, and political campaign specialist who died in a car accident at Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969, while she was a passenger in a car being driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.

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Newton, Massachusetts

Newton is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Regis College (Massachusetts)

Regis College is a private Roman Catholic university located on a former estate in the suburb of Weston, Massachusetts.

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Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator for New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968.

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Stephen Edward Smith

Stephen Edward Smith (September 24, 1926 – August 19, 1990) was the husband of Jean Ann Kennedy.

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Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Weston, Massachusetts

Weston is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, about 15 miles west of downtown Boston.

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1968 Democratic National Convention

The 1968 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_Room_Girls

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