Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

by Maureen Callahan

“Mimi,” the president said, by way of introduction, “why don’t you take care of my baby brother? He could stand a little relaxation.” Mimi, surprising herself, said no. But she still couldn’t bring herself to leave the room. She couldn’t bring herself to leave the president. She didn’t yet realize that Dave Powers wasn’t so much her friend or ally as her handler, that JFK always used others to dispense with unpleasant things or inconvenient people—and “people” most often meant women.