TEMPO.CO, New York Today is the birthday of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of the late 35th President of the United States of America, John F. Kennedy in 1929.
quote from book In Bill & Hillary: So This Is The Thing Called LoveWritten by Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis or commonly known by the surname Jackie, was born on July 28, 1929, at Easthampton Hospital in Southampton, New York, to John Vernau Bouvier and Janet Norton Le Bouvier.
Jackie spent his childhood at his grandparents’ estate in East Hampton, New York until the age of 12. This is where Jackie trains his horse riding skills.
In 1942, Jackie attended Holton-Arms School located in Bethesda, Maryland and graduated in 1944. Jackie continued her studies at Miss Porter School in Farmington, Connecticut from 1944 to 1947. After completing all his studies until he graduated. degree in arts, Jackie worked as a photographer for The Washington Times-Herald.
Jackie, a longtime acquaintance with Kennedy, reunited for the third time in Florida. Soon after, they decided to get engaged and married on September 12, 1953, in Newport, Rhode Island. After the wedding, Kennedy returned to Washington DC and lived there.
In January 1960, Senator John Kennedy announced his candidacy for President of the United States. Jackie took an active part in the Kennedy campaign. He followed every Kennedy campaign in the market as well. A few weeks before her husband began his presidential campaign, Jackie realized she was pregnant and therefore stayed home as per the doctor’s advice.
From Georgetown, Jackie Kennedy helped her husband’s campaign by answering letters, producing TV commercials, giving interviews, and writing weekly magazine columns.
In the general election on November 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy defeated Republican candidate Richard Nixon and became President of the United States.
During her husband’s term as President of the United States, Jackie…
