Jackie_Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Kennedy was born in 1929 in South Hampton, New York. She was the daughter of John Vernou Bouvier III, a wealthy stockbroker, and Janet Lee Bouvier, an excellent Equstrian. She was born into a very wealthy family and spent her childhood in New York City and Long Island. After mother’s divorce and remarriage, she moved to McLean, Virginia and then again to Newport, Rhode Island. She loved to ride horses, read, sketch, and write. In fact, her best talent was writing. In 1951, she won a national writing contest held by Vogue magazine. The prize was a trip to France. Jackie attended private girl’s schools and Vassar College. Her junior year of college, she went to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She later returned to the United States to earn a degree in French Literature from George Washington University. Her first job was for the Washington Times-Herald as the “Inquiring Camera girl.” Her job was to roam the city with a camera and film people’s reactions to the “Issue of the Day.” While at a society dinner with the Washington Times-Herald, she met John F. Kennedy. At the time, she was engaged to a New York jacqueline, kennedy, john, white, house, after, york, washington, very, new, island, first, became, world, restoration, president, onassis, november, national, later, death, city, children, bouvier, birth, 12, writing, won, woman, wealthy, two, times-herald, time, third, televised, styles