Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Growing Up Jacqueline Lee

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Growing Up Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929, in Southampton, New York.

PARENTS Her father, John, was a wealthy stockbroker on Wall Street whose family had come from France in the early 1800 s. Her mother, Janet, had ancestors from Ireland England.

Her mother - Janet Bouvier was an accomplished rider, and Jackie was only a year old when her mother first put her on a horse. By age 11, she had already won several national championships.

Going to School 1947 – graduating from Miss Porter’s School; 1947 – entering at Vassar College in New York; 1949 – Paris, France

Jacqueline Bouvier: The Inquiring Photographer 1951 – she is working as the "Inquiring Camera Girl" for the Washington Times-Herald newspaper

“JOHN & JACKIE” Jackie first met Senator John F. Kennedy at a dinner party in 1951 They married on September 12, 1953 at her family's summer house in Newport, Rhode Island.

JACQUELINE KENNEDY: FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES January 20, 1961 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy took the oath of office to become the nation's 35 th president At age 31, Jacqueline Kennedy was the first lady

FIRST LADY’S DUTIES Restoring the White House She had an idea of turning White House into “American Versailles” Promoting the Arts Mrs. Kennedy: Ambassador of Good Will

A TIME OF LOSS On November 22, 1963, President and Mrs. Kennedy were in Dallas, Texas. As their car drove slowly past cheering crowds, shots rang out. President Kennedy was killed and Jacqueline Kennedy became a widow at age 34. She planned the president's state funeral.

NEW LIFE In 1968, Jacqueline Kennedy married a Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. When Mr. Onassis died in 1975, she became a widow a second time. In 1975 she accepted a job as an editor at Viking Press in New York City

THE LEGACY OF JACQUELINE BOUVIER KENNEDY Her two children John J. and Caroline turned out to be extraordinary: honest, unspoiled, and with a character equal to hers Throughout her life, Jacqueline Kennedy sought to preserve and protect America’s cultural heritage Jacqueline Kennedy captivated the nation and the rest of the world with her intelligence, beauty, and grace

ETERNAL FLAME May 19, 1994. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was laid to rest beside President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D. C.