Jean Fraser Kerr Minetti

Short Biography

Birth: 1924WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaDistrict Of Columbia, USA Death: Dec. 15, 1979BethesdaMontgomery CountyMaryland, USA Daughter of William P. Kerr and Elizabeth Fraser Kerr, both natives of Scotland. Her first husband was U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI), whom she married in 1953. After his death, she remarried to G. Joseph Minetti, former vice-president of the Civil Aeronautics Board. She had one daughter, Tierney Elizabeth.Mrs. Minetti attended George Washington University and later graduated from Northwestern University. She worked as a writer and researcher for former Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. Later, she taught art at the Corcoran Museum in Washington and the Montgomery College School of Art.