Biography - Jacqueline Kennedy

You are walking through the White House, photographers are crammed up against the window trying to catch a glimpse of you. You are Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Also known as Jackie Kennedy, the 35th  first lady of the white house, one of the youngest and most loved first ladies of the White House. In this mini biography I will tell you about the amazing life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.




Childhood

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born in New York. Her father, John Bouvier who was known as Black Jack, was a successful Wall Street stockbroker. Her mother was Janet Norton Lee. Her only sibling was a sister called Caroline Lee Bouvier.
 She lived in a big  property known as "Lasata." Jacqueline enjoyed doing equestrian, drawing, reading and writing poems. In 1940 her parents divorced. In 1942, her mother remarried to Hugh D. Auchincloss. She had two children with him. Their names were Janet and James Auchincloss.
Jacqueline went to many schools, including Chapin's, Miss Porter's and Vassar College.  She also spent one year in Paris, studying at La Sorbonne. Jacqueline also went to George Washington University and graduated with a bachelors degree in French literature.




Pre marriage

After her graduation, she was employed as an ''inquiring photographer'' for the Washington Time Herald. During that time Jackie was, for three months engaged to a man called John Husted.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy attended the same parties and had the same friends, but they were only formally introduced in May 1952. After that they started dating. In June 25, 1953 it was made public that JFK and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier were engaged.




Marriage

On the 12 of September, 1953, JFK and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier were getting married. They were married in a Catholic Church called St Mary's in Newport, Rhode Island. 700 guests were invited to the mass. Even more guests were at the reception,  1 200 guests attended the amazing after party held at Hammersmith farm.
The couples honeymoon was in Acapulco, Mexico. After that, they moved into their new house in McLean, Virginia.


Family


The Kennedy's had many children together, two girls and 2 boys. Their first born was a stillborn baby girl called Arrabella Kennedy. In 1957 they had their next child, Caroline Kennedy. After her, in 1960 they had a boy called John. Their last child was called Patrick, but he died soon after he was born from a disease called Hyline Membrane Disease.



Election

On January the 3, 1960 JFK announced his campaign to become president. Jacqueline's doctor advised it best for here to stay at home because of the difficulties of here pregnancies. So Jacqueline still helped her husband's campaign by, taping commercials, answering letters, having interviews (printed and televised) and writing a newspaper column called "Campaign wife."
John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, beat Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the US presidency elections in 1960 and became president of the United States of America.





Life in the White House


Jacqueline Kennedy became one the youngest first ladies ever when JFK was sworn in as president on January the 20, 1961. As well as being one of the youngest, she was also one of the most popular as she was beautiful, young and stylish and threw great parties.


JFK Assassination

On the 21 of November 1963 JFK and Jackie Kennedy went on a trip to Texas. After breakfast on the 22 John, Jacqueline, the Texas governor John Connally and his wife Nellie flew from Fort Worth's Carswell Air force base to Love Field.
A 15.3 km motorcade would take them to trade mart where the president would speak at a lunch. The motorcade turned around a corner on Elm Street when Jacqueline heard what she thought was a motor cycle backfiring, she did not realize it was a gunshot until she heard John Connally scream. In 8.4 seconds there were two more gunshots. The final gunshot struck John F. Kennedy in the head.  His brain matter splattered over Jackie’s pink suit.
The car was rushed to Dallas's Parkland Hospital. JFK was quickly put in  a trauma room. Initially Jacqueline stayed outside but then insisted on being let in to the room that JFK was dyeing in. A nurse tried to bar the door, but Jacqueline did not give in. Eventually JFK's doctor persuaded the nurse to let her in by saying, "It is her right, it is here prerogative (choice)."


The Onassis marriage

After JFK’s death Jackie married another man, Aristotle Onassis.  He was a very wealthy shipping magnate.  He was older than her by 23 years, short and unattractive. It is thought Jackie married him to escape America and protect her children. Bobby Kennedy, JFK’s brother, was also assassinated in 1968 and Jackie is reported as saying, “ If they are killing Kennedy's my children are targets and I want to get out of this country.”  The  marriage was not a happy one. Onassis had affairs with other women and they lived a part for most of the marriage until his death in 1975.








Death


On January 1994, Jacqueline was diagnosed with cancer, and in April the disease had spread. Jacqueline died in her sleep at 10:45, May 19 that year.
Her funeral was held at Saint Ignatius Loyla church, the same church as she was baptized, in 1929. In her will she left her children an estate valued at  $43.7 million.