Julia Thorne
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Julia Stimson Thorne (September 16, 1944 – April 27, 2006) was an American writer. She was the first wife of John Kerry, who was U.S. Senator during their marriage.
Biography
Thorne was born in New York City on September 16, 1944, the daughter of Alice (Barry) and Landon Ketchum Thorne Jr.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Her maternal great-grandfather was journalist David S. Barry.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Thorne spent much of her childhood in Rome where her father worked various jobs.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":2" /> She graduated from the Foxcroft School in 1962.<ref name=":2" /> She also took some classes at the New York School of Interior Design and at Radcliffe.<ref name=":0" />
Julia Thorne was a direct eleventh generation descendant of John Bowne, a defiant activist in the struggle for religious freedom. William Thorne Sr., third signatory of the Flushing Remonstrance is also an ancestor. Thorne was also a distant cousin of her husband John Kerry through their common ancestor Elizabeth Fones.Template:Citation needed
Thorne married John Kerry on May 23, 1970, and wore a dress that was over "two centuries old."<ref name=":2" /> She and Kerry had two daughters together, Alexandra Forbes Kerry and Vanessa Bradford Kerry.<ref name=":0" /> During their marriage, Julia began showing signs of depression and later wrote that she had at one time contemplated suicide.<ref name=":1" /> In the 1980s, she created a nonprofit called the Depression Initiative to educate people about depression.<ref name=":0" /> Thorne and Kerry were divorced on July 25, 1988 after a six-year separation.<ref name=":0" /> She overcame depression by 1990, and by all accounts the two had an amicable relationship.<ref>Template:Cite web; The Washingtonian; July 1996</ref> She married Richard J. Charlesworth in 1997 and they moved to Bozeman, Montana.<ref name=":0" /> She continued to be supportive of Kerry's run for president in 2004.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Thorne died from cancer on April 27, 2006, in her home in Concord, Massachusetts.<ref name=":0" />
Books
Her book, You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression (1993) (with Larry Rothstein) (Template:ISBN) collects accounts of different people who have faced depression.<ref name=":1" /> Ann Landers wrote that "this little book could be a lifesaver and the best $10 you will ever spend."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
A Change of Heart: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Divorce (1996) (Template:ISBN)
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