Jackie Kennedy Onassis: The Biography of America’s First Lady (Women in History Book 1)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

The Biography of America’s First Lady

(Women in History Book 1)

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Introduction

I want to thank you and congratulate you for purchasing the book Jackie Kennedy Onassis: The Biography of America’s First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy experienced lots of events in her life that are mentioned in this book. She is known for leaving a mark on American history unlike any other First Lady.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 – Jacqueline Lee Bouvier

1.1 Early Childhood

1.2 Education

1.3 Early Work Experience

1.4 First Marriage

CHAPTER 2 – The Senator’s Wife & Life in the White House

2.1 The Campaign Train

2.2 Being in the White House

2.3 Restoration of the White House

2.4 Jacqueline’s Many Travels

CHAPTER 3 – A NEW DIMENSION

3.1 A Time of Loss

3.2 The Death of a President

3.3 In Memoriam

3.4 Further Tragedy

CHAPTER 4 – The Love Triangle

4.1 Jackie and Onassis

4.2 Jackie and Robert (Bobby)

4.3 Jackie and John

4.4 The Dream

CHAPTER 1 – Jacqueline Lee Bouvier

1.1 Early Childhood

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, known as Jackie, was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier on July 28, 1929 in Southampton, New York to John Jack Vernou Bouvier III and Janet Norton Lee. The first of two children, she was born a Catholic, christened and baptized at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan and raised on her family’s estate at East Hampton on Long Island. Her father was a wealthy and popular New York stockbroker and a member of New York’s high society.

Jacqueline enjoyed a very cordial relationship with both her father and paternal grandfather. She adored her father and was quite close to her grandfather. Her relationship with both men shaped her character as an independent adult, and this character trait was reaffirmed by her sister Lee Bouvier when, answering a question on Jacqueline in an interview with the National Chronicle, she said of Jacqueline, She would not have gained her independence and individuality if not for the relationship she had with her father and paternal grandfather.

Jacqueline was an active child and loved ballet. But it was riding that was her passion. She was still a little girl when her mother first put her on a horse, and by the time she was 11 years old, she had won several national equestrian championships. Jacqueline loved the outdoors so much and riding was one of her favorite past times, even into adulthood.

Jacqueline was also an avid reader, excelling at languages, and was very fluent in French, Italian and Spanish. Her love for reading was so strong that it is said as a child, she ravenously devoured all the books on her bookshelf and even moved on to those in her father’s library. She had special love for Mowgli, from The Jungle Book, Scarlett O’Hara from Gone with the Wind and the poet Byron.

Jacqueline had to endure the messy divorce of her parents at age 10 in 1940; this experience somewhat influenced her persona and character. Her parents had earlier separated in 1936 and finally divorced in 1940. The reason, as reported in the news media, was that John Jack Vernou Bouvier III was a chronic drunk and a pathetic philanderer; his wife who could no longer tolerate his ways, sought to end the marriage. The union also fell under the strain of financial troubles caused by the crash of the stock exchange in 1929, just some three months after Jackie was born. The times were not favorable for divorces and because they were Catholics, the whiplash and the subtle ostracism of the period were quite traumatic for Jacqueline and her sister Lee. Jacqueline was deeply affected by the divorce and inherited the tendency to be withdrawn.

Jackie and her sister, Lee Bouvier, adored their father, and they both cherished the moments they shared with him and the memories of their childhood summers spent at the East Hampton residence of Jack Bouvier. Jackie would recall her parents as a very glamorous couple and regulars of New York high society events and tea parties. Jack and Janet were no perfect couple, like most of the others, but the financial strain caused by the crash of the stock market and the challenge posed by Jack’s public philandering was just too much for Janet to bear, as it continued to pose a serious threat to their union. The cracks that existed in the marriage began to show through, and by the time Jackie turned 7 years old, the marriage was already on a clear downward trajectory. As events in the marriage continued to unfold and details of Jack’s misdemeanors continued to make news, Jack Bouvier was clearly the black sheep in the relationship, but Jackie and Lee preferred his company to their mother's, something Janet deeply resented. Janet was a woman with a very nasty temper and she had a serious challenge with controlling the urge to lash out and sometimes strike the girls. Her constant nagging of Jack has even been alluded to by his daughters as the reason behind his many misdemeanors and only further endeared him to the girls.

In a 2013 interview, Lee Bouvier relived her childhood memories and Jackie’s relationship with both parents. She spoke with embittered emotion about her mother's almost irrational desire to maintain a certain social presence but glowingly of her father. Her exact words were, "He was a wonderful man; he had such funny idiosyncrasies, like always wearing his black patent evening shoes with his swimming trunks. One thing that infuriates me is how he's always labeled the drunken black prince. He was never drunk with me; although I'm sure he sometimes drank. But that was due to my mother's constant nagging. You would turn to alcohol, as I would."

The marriage was brought to its knees in September 1936, when Janet asked for a six-month trial separation to allow for space for retrospection and to determine if they could come to a reconciliation and find a common ground. It is unfortunate that this was not to happen as the marriage never recovered. The resultant split was deeply acrimonious to say the least, and by 1940, Janet filed for divorce, bringing the marriage to a final close.

Several newspapers reported the news of the divorce, publishing sordid details of Black Jack’s dalliances and alcoholism. Being a high society person, Jack and some of his escapades had for long been spice to several newspapers. He had been photographed leaving parties or hanging out