The internationally famous first lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1929- 1994) raised her two children after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. After seven years of remarriage, she turned to a career as a book editor.
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was born on July 28th, 1929. Her mother is Li Qianrong Bouvier, and her father is called john vernon Bouvier III, but everyone calls her "Black Jack". Four years later, her sister Caroline Lee was born. Jackie is a headstrong child. At first, it was a discipline problem at Miss Chapin's school, a fashion school on the East Side of Manhattan. She attended it when she was a little girl.
Janet and Black Jack had problems in their marriage, and they separated on 1936. They made up briefly on 1937, but divorced on 1940. Jackie lives with her mother, although she often sees her beloved father. In 1942, Janet married Hugh Dubley Auchincloss Jr., a lawyer who came from a prestigious old family. The Auchincloss family is much richer than the Bouvier family. Jackie and Lee live with their mother and her new husband. Mr. and Mrs. Auchincloss have two more children. Little Janet was born in 1945 and Jamie was born in 1947.
Mother's remarriage caused a rift in the family. Although Jackie worships her father, she sees him less and less, especially since her mother and stepfather moved to Washington, D.C.. In summer, she spent all her time at Auchincloss's home in hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island. 1944, Jackie was sent to Miss Porter boarding school in Farmington, Connecticut.
Jackie is a beautiful and elegant young woman. When she first appeared in social occasions, the gossip columnist of Hearst newspaper named her first social age 1947. Jackie went on to attend college in Vasa, where she seemed embarrassed by the notoriety of her social success. She is a hard-working student and is on the dean's list. She spent her junior year in Paris abroad, and she liked it very much.
The photographer's career ended in marriage.
Jacqueline returned to the United States and completed her studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. She took part in a writing competition called "Paris Grand Prix" sponsored by Vogue magazine, and won the competition. Winners will be given a one-year internship at Vogue, with six months in their new york office and six months in their Parisian office. Jackie's parents, especially her stepfather, feel that she has been in Europe for a long time, and they are worried that if she accepts the job, she will not return to the United States. At their request, Jackie turned down the invitation and went to the Washington Times Herald as a photographer instead.
Jackie met john fitzgerald kennedy for the first time. The following year, Kennedy was elected to the Massachusetts Senate and moved to Washington. The two continued to associate and got engaged in June 1953. On September 12, 1953, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier married john fitzgerald kennedy in a grand wedding, which was a social event this season. There were 1 300 guests at the reception. The only incident that ruined the bride's wedding was that her father had become an alcoholic, unable to accompany her to the red carpet or even attend the wedding.
Jackie Kennedy is a shy and withdrawn woman with little political experience and no understanding of politicians, but she is her husband's helper in many ways. She worked with him in his public speeches, which helped him develop a charming speech style, which made him so famous. 1954 Kennedy had an operation to try to relieve the persistent pain caused by the back injury. Jackie spent the recovery period beside him.
1956 it is speculated that John F. Kennedy will become the democratic vice presidential candidate. Many members of the Kennedy family attended the meeting, which was exciting and exhausting. Jackie was there to support her, even though she was seven months pregnant. Although Jack Kennedy gave a speech nominating Adlai Ewing Stevenson II as the Democratic presidential candidate, estes Kefuer was elected as the vice presidential candidate.
On August 23rd, shortly after her husband went on a short vacation, Jackie gave birth prematurely. The baby was stillborn, but Jackie's brother-in-law Bobby Kennedy comforted her and arranged the baby's funeral.
In 1957, Jackie suffered another loss, and her father died. This was also a difficult period in Kennedy's marriage. There were many rumors about John F. Kennedy's extramarital affairs before and during his presidency, and then there were many reports, all of which undoubtedly put pressure on his marriage with Jacqueline.
1957 1 1 on 27th, caroline bouvier kennedy was born. A few months after Caroline was born, her father ran for the Senate in Massachusetts again, and Jackie also actively participated in the 1958 Senate election.
Jackie became the first lady
Shortly after Kennedy was sent back to Washington by his voters, he began to seek the presidential nomination. Jackie worked hard for her husband until she got pregnant in 1960. Even after that, she continued to help her husband as much as she could until her son John Jr. was born.
As soon as John F. Kennedy was elected president, Jackie began to reorganize the White House so that she could turn it into a home for children and protect their privacy. At the same time, she is well aware of the importance of the White House as a public institution. She set up the White House Historical Society to help her redecorate the building. She also set up a White House painting special committee to give her further advice. As a mother, Jackie cares about protecting her children. As the first lady, she strongly feels that the White House is a national monument. She wrote To the White House: A Historical Guide. She also came up with the idea of filming a trip to the White House, and she was in charge. The tour was broadcast on Valentine's Day 1962, and finally distributed to 106 countries.
1963 In April, the Kennedy family announced that Jackie was pregnant. 1963 On August 7th, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy was born. He died three days later.
In1month of 1963, Jackie Kennedy accompanied her husband on a trip to Texas. She was with him when he was assassinated. In the days after John F. Kennedy's death, the image of his widow and children, as well as their dignity, largely became part of the country's mourning and loss experience. Jackie became an idol and symbol.
After leaving the White House
In the years after her husband's death, Jacqueline Kennedy often played the role of his widow, and there was constant speculation about whether she would remarry. Jackie took an active part in Bobby Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. After his assassination in June, she once again became an important figure in a very public funeral.
/kloc-in October, Jackie Kennedy married the Greek shipping giant aristotle Onassis. He is 62 and she is 39. Jackie spent most of her time in new york with her children. With the passage of time, onassis's marriage was very difficult, and the couple spent most of their time together at first. Aristotle onassis died on 1975, and Jackie became a widow for the second time and returned to new york permanently.
1975 she started to work as a book editor in Viking company, and people wondered whether she could get along well with her colleagues or whether her presence would make the office difficult to operate. She quickly adapted to her new job and stayed in Viking until she resigned on 1977. 1978, she found a job as an assistant editor in Shuangri Publishing Company, where she worked until 1990. In 6543 8+0982, she was promoted to full-time editor and later became a senior editor.
In 1994, Jackie Kennedy disclosed that she was being treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and her condition responded to the treatment. However, the disease proved to be fatal on May 19, 2004. She was buried next to John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery.
Further reading
There are several biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy onassis, including Jackie by Erie Frieshall (1976), Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy onassis by Stephen Birmingham (1978), and Jackie! Created by Kitty Kelly (1978) and a woman named Jackie by david heyman (1989).