Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Smith, Amanda, 1967 or 1968-
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Hood, Amanda Smith
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1967-
History
Amanda Smith Hood (April 30, 1967-) is the daughter of Stephen Smith and Jean Kennedy Smith, former ambassador to Ireland and John F. Kennedy’s sister. She was born and raised in New York City and later graduated from Harvard College. Smith Hood holds a PhD in special education. She married tax lawyer Carter Hood in 2000; the couple have two children. Smith Hood is the editor of the book, Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy, published in 2001. In 2011, she authored the book, Newspaper Titan: The infamous life and monumental times of Cissy Patterson, a biography of socialite and newspaper editor and publisher Eleanor Medill “Cissy” Patterson.