Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady and American Icon, 1929-1994

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born in 1929 in Southampton, New York. She received her primary education at the best private schools and was dubbed "Debutante of the Year" in 1948. Jackie began her college education at Vassar, finally graduating from George Washington University in 1952. After graduation, Jackie took a job as a photographer for a Washington, D.C. newspaper and soon after, she met Senator John F. Kennedy. The couple was married in 1953. Their daughter Caroline was born in 1957 and John Jr., in 1960. The inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 brought to the White House a beautiful young wife and the first young children in half a century. She oversaw the restoration of the White House and its opening to public tours bringing some of the history of Washington to the people of the U.S. After the assassination of her husband in Dallas in 1963, she was admired by the world for her courage in her time of grief. Jackie went on to marry wealthy Greek shipping financier Aristotle Onassis in 1968. After Onassis�s death in 1975, she lived in New York, taking a job as an editor with Doubleday. She captured America's imagination - a first lady with the grace, beauty and intelligence to be our version of royalty. Her dedication to her family and her children was legendary. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis died in New York in 1994 and was buried next to President Kennedy. �I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.� �The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.� - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Article by Alexander S