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Jacqueline
Kennedy
Biography
Who2
Biography:Jacqueline
Kennedy
Onassis,
U.S.
First
Lady
- Born: 28 July 1929
- Birthplace: Southhampton, New York
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Died: 19 May 1994
(cancer)
- Best Known As: Wife of president John F. Kennedy
Name at birth: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier The wife and then
widow of U.S. president John
F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis remains an American
icon of high style and grace. She was 24 when she married Kennedy, then a
U.S. senator from Massachusetts, in 1953. Kennedy was elected president
in 1960 and "Jackie" became a popular First Lady, known for her elegant
sophistication and her historical interest in the White House. She was
made a widow when Kennedy was assassinated by Lee
Harvey Oswald in 1963. Five years later, in 1968, she married
wealthy Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Onassis died in 1975;
Jacqueline settled in Manhattan and began working as an editor for
Doubleday, a job she continued until her death in 1994. She was buried
next to Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery.
Jackie Kennedy was only 31 years old when she became First Lady...
She attended Vassar and the Sorbonne but received her degree from George
Washington University... She and John Kennedy had two children, Caroline
(b. 1957) and John
Jr. (b. 1960); a third child, Patrick, was born on 7 August 1963,
but died two days later. Patrick remains the most recent child to be
born to a First Lady while her husband was president. John, Jr. died in a
private plane crash in 1999... After her marriage to Onassis she was
nicknamed "Jackie O" by the tabloid press.
Britannica
Concise
Encyclopedia:Jacqueline
Kennedy
Onassis
(born July 28, 1929, Southampton, N.Y., U.S. — died May
19, 1994, New York, N.Y.) U.S. first lady, socialite, and editor. After
graduating from George Washington University in 1951 she took a job as a
reporter-photographer at the Washington Times-Herald. In
1953 she married Sen. John
F. Kennedy, who became president in 1961. As first
lady, she restored the White
House to its original Federal style and conducted a televised tour
of the residence. Her graciousness, elegance, and beauty endeared her to
the American public, and her broad culture and ease in speaking Spanish
and French impressed foreign leaders. After her husband's assassination
in 1963 she moved to New York with their children, Caroline (b. 1957)
and John, Jr. (1960 – 99). In 1968 she married Aristotle
Onassis. After his death in 1975, she returned to New York, where
she became a book editor.
For more information on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, visit Britannica.com.
Jacqueline
Kennedy
Onassis
Quotes
"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you
do well matters very much."
"You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a
Democrat."
"I do not think that there are any men who are faithful to their
wives."
Jacqueline
Kennedy
Onassis
Posters,
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Jacqueline
Kennedy
Onassis
Photos
Prints
Jacqueline
Kennedy
(September
1953)
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designed
by
Anne
Lowe
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