This is the side of Jacqueline Kennedy that only her close friends and family knew. Funny and inquisitive, careful and sharp-tongued. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historical Conversations on a Lifetime depicts the former First Lady before she became the style icon of the late '60s or the literary editor of the '70s and '80s. But even three years before that, she was not the elegant fashionista everyone remembered her as. She was over 30, newly widowed, but was able to wipe away her tears and gain determination.
Kennedy met with historian and former White House consultant Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. at her 18th-century home in Washington in the spring and early summer of 1964. At home, in a relaxed atmosphere, as if hosting a guest over a cup of tea, she talked to him about her husband and the time spent in the White House. Kennedy's young children, Carolyn and John Jr., occasionally peered into the living room. On the accompanying disc you can hear the clinking of ice in glasses. These notes were hidden from everyone for decades and were among the last things to reveal her thoughts and personal life. She never wrote a memoir and became a legend, partly because there was so much we didn't know about her. She remained a woman of mystery.
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1. Jacqueline Kennedy with her son John Jr., born November 25, 1960. (Photo credit AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
2. US President John F. Kennedy at a press conference under the watchful gaze of his wife Jacqueline on April 9, 1963 at the White House. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
3. Former US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis relaxes in her chair weeks after her husband won presidential elections. Mrs. Onassis died on May 19, 1994 at the age of 64 from cancer. (Photo credit B/AFP/Getty Images)
4. The presidential couple at the parade on March 27, 1963 in Washington. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
5. Jacqueline on her wedding day to John F. Kennedy in Newport, Rhode Island, September 12, 1953. (Photo credit AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
6. US President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with the President (left) and guests at the White House welcome ceremony on October 4, 1961 in Washington. (Photo Courtesy of Kennedy Library Archives/Newsmakers)
7. Jacqueline and her children Carolyn (right) and John Jr. ride horseback at their Glen Ora homestead on November 25, 1962. (Photo credit AFP/Getty Images)
8. John and Jacqueline Kennedy at the premiere of the production of "Mr. President" on September 25, 1962 in Washington. (Photo courtesy of Kennedy Library Archives/Newsmakers)
9. The wife of the late US President and his daughter Carolyn arrived in their new house, leaving The White house in Washington. (Photo credit AFP/Getty Images)
10. US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at a ceremony at the White House on April 20, 1962. (Photo Courtesy of National Archive/Newsmakers)
11. Jacqueline at the White House ceremony on June 22, 1961. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
12. John and Jacqueline Kennedy at a ceremony at the White House on February 21, 1963 in Washington. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
13. The presidential couple at a ceremony in Washington on January 18, 1963. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
Jackie Kennedy - whose maiden name was Jacqueline Bouvier - went down in history not only as the first lady of America, but forever remained in the minds of Americans as a style icon. Women all over the world wanted and tried to look and dress like her. Look the best photos Jackie, who would have turned 85 this year on July 28th.
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1. Jackie (short name for Jacqueline) Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929 in a prestigious suburb of New York. Her family was very rich, so she was able to study at the best private schools in the country - Holton-Arms School and Miss Porter's School, in which little girls were “made” into real ladies.
While still studying at Vassar College in New York, she went to France for a whole year to study French language and literature at the Sorbonne. Young Jackie was fascinated by the elegance of French women, which formed the basis of her famous style.
2. In 1953 - a year after Jackie met Senator John Kennedy, the future President of the United States - they got married. 700 guests were invited to the wedding, which at first was supposed to be a modest celebration. 
3. On her famous Wedding Dress, the work of designer Ann Lowe, took 50 meters of silk. This dress is still on display in the John F. Kennedy Library & Museum. 
4. However, Jackie’s dreams turned out to be far from reality. She dreamed of a cozy family nest with John, but was forced to fit into the large Kennedy clan. The husband's sisters did not like their overly educated and well-mannered daughter-in-law. And John himself was not a model of loyalty. Everyone knew about his loving nature, including Jackie. This darkened their family life. But only once did Jackie mention a divorce, then John somehow managed to convince her; subsequently, despite his numerous affairs, Jackie never raised this issue.
5. Jackie Kennedy became her husband's faithful companion and ally. She supported him in all his endeavors. And she always looked amazing. Whatever she wore, it immediately became fashionable. 
6. Jackie had an innate sense of style. Even in the simplest things she looked elegant. 
7. Jackie and John were beautiful, perfect couple for hundreds of thousands of Americans. They held hands and smiled from the covers of magazines and newspapers. They won the hearts of Americans. 
8. When John became president, the first thing Jackie did was restore the interior of the White House, returning it to its historical atmosphere. She herself led tours of it for journalists, and ordinary Americans “stuck” to their TV screens to look at this delightful woman. 
9. Her elegance and consistent sense of style made her popular not only among ordinary Americans, but also among diplomats, scientists, artists, musicians and poets. She organized informal meetings and invited guests to cocktails at the White House to give the place a less formal and friendly atmosphere. 
10. For John Kennedy, Jackie remained a mystery that he could not solve. She was amazing woman. And John knew that he became who he became only because Jackie was next to him. 
11. Jackie and John had a lot in common. They liked the same plays and books. They knew how to force their interlocutor into awkward silence upon hearing their unexpected questions or discourage them with a witty answer. They were invincible together, this was the key to their success. 
12. Accompanying her husband on foreign trains, America's first lady won hearts ordinary people. She was loved and admired. Her intelligence and education, erudition, and command of languages impressed powerful of the world this. 
13. After a trip to France, the pages of Time magazine published the words spoken by US President John Kennedy: “I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris - and I enjoy it!” 
14. For her television tour with CBS of the White House, Jackie Kennedy received a special award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Award - an Emmy statuette, which is currently kept in the Kennedy Library in Boston. 
15. And then her world collapsed. This happened on November 21, 1963 in the city of Dallas, where she and her husband went on a work trip in support of election campaign 1964. As they drove through the streets of Dallas in an open car, a shot rang out, and then two more. The latter hit President John Kennedy in the head. He did not die on the spot, but it was not possible to save him. She was with him when he died. When his body was laid in the coffin, she placed her hand in his wedding ring with the words: “Now I have nothing.” Later, this ring was returned to her, but no one could return her beloved John.
Dressed in a pink Chanel suit stained with her husband's blood, Jackie became a symbol of the entire country's grief. She endured her grief with great dignity. Her resilience and majesty during the funeral was admired throughout the world. She was crushed by the death of her husband, but fulfilled her duty perfectly and played the role of the president's widow.
16. Everything she had planned so carefully collapsed overnight. But life does not stand still, we had to move on. Friends and doctors helped her cope with severe depression. After the death of her husband, Jackie became very close to his brother, Robert Kennedy. He supported his brother's widow as best he could. There were rumors that they had an affair. In fact, there is no evidence of this and it is unlikely that we will ever know the truth. They grew apart when Robert Kennedy entered into pre-election fight for the presidency. Their close relationship could harm his image.
It was then that the Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis appeared in Jackie’s life. After the death of Robert Kennedy under unclear circumstances, Jackie became afraid for her children and decided to leave the country. And in October 1968, she married shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who was able to provide her and her children with the security they so needed. After this marriage, Jackie Kennedy Onassis lost all the privileges of the presidential widow. The American public condemned her. The media was merciless to her and gave her the nickname Jackie O.
17. Fate did not spare her later either. First died in a plane crash The only son Aristotle Onassis - Alexander. After this, Onassis's health began to deteriorate and he died in 1975 in Paris. Jackie became a widow for the second time. 18. After Onassis's death, Jackie returned to normal life. She began working as an editor at Viking Press. In 1978, she went to work for the publishing company Doubleday, which was headed by her old friend John Sergent. She found herself a new life partner - industrialist Maurice Tempelsman, and although they were not in official relations, he was called Jackie's third husband. They were together before last days her life.
In January 1994, Jackie was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma. She quit smoking, but continued to work in publishing, reducing her work schedule. However, in April the cancer metastasized. Jackie died in her sleep on Thursday, May 19, 1994, just two and a half months shy of her 65th birthday. She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, where Americans bury their heroes, next to John and Robert Kennedy, the two most important men in her life.
During her lifetime, Jackie Kennedy became a fashion icon. Her versatile style has been popular for decades. And jackets a la Jackie Kennedy are timeless: they are still in fashion.
First lady, style icon, White House fairy - whatever they called Jacqueline Kennedy during her lifetime. For the future president of the country, such a wife is a real success. But John Kennedy never managed to make her happy.
Big hopes
They met at a party with mutual friends. 23-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier had by this time received a good education at the French Sorbonne and the American George Washington University, received a Bachelor of Arts in French literature and even managed to work in a newspaper.
And John was a young senator whose main goal was the presidency. They started dating and a year later they had a wedding, to which they invited more than a thousand guests.
When Jacqueline's mother, Janet Auchincloss, expressed dissatisfaction with such a magnificent celebration, Kennedy replied: “You are just giving your daughter away in marriage, and at this wedding I have to introduce the country to the future First Lady of the United States.”
But that was still a long way off. In the meantime, the young wife had to get used to new life as part of the huge Kennedy clan. Well-mannered, educated, well-read, she was not at all like John’s sisters - and could not fit into their company.
Nevertheless, Jackie played the role of housewife and political wife with dignity. She put up with the frequent betrayals of her loving husband and dreamed of big family. Three years after their wedding, Jackie finally became pregnant - and soon suffered her first big loss. Daughter Arabella was born stillborn.
They sold the house they lived in, moved to another city and decided to try again. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was born on the great American holiday - Thanksgiving Day 1957. Jacqueline was happy: the dream of a family was beginning to come true.
The White House and its fairy
Three years later, John Kennedy announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. Devoted to her husband in everything, Jacqueline intended to actively participate in his election campaign. But when the couple realized that they were having a second child, plans had to be changed.
Worried about his wife, John followed the doctor’s advice and forbade her to leave the house unless necessary. But Jacqueline would not be herself if she remained on the sidelines. And she began to participate in the presidential race without leaving home: she answered letters from voters, gave interviews, recorded commercials and even wrote her own newspaper column.
Kennedy won. The country received a first lady, about whom they would later say: she gave America what it so lacked - aristocracy.
When she first entered the White House after winning the election, Jackie was disappointed. The mansion where history was made looked like ordinary house an ordinary American with good income: large rooms, modern furniture, government offices.
And she got down to business: she created the Committee on Fine Arts and began purchasing antique furniture, dishes and other things significant to the history of America. Beautiful bedrooms and children's rooms appeared in the presidential mansion, and all property officially became the property of the Smithsonian Institution, and not of the former presidents.
Jackie proudly presented the result of her labors to the whole of America, giving a tour of the White House for television. People watched with greedy curiosity how the president and first lady lived - and fell in love with them more and more.
People's love for Jackie around the world reached the point that during the official visit of the Kennedy couple to France, newspapers published a photograph of them with the caption: “Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied by a companion.”
“I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris - and I enjoy it!” - Kennedy himself joked. The President understood that he owed his popularity, among other things, to his wife.
I understood, but continued to cheat. The most loud scandal At that time, there were rumors about a romance between John Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. According to rumors, she even called the White House to inform the First Lady about their relationship.
“This is great... I’m moving out, and you will solve all my problems,” Jacqueline answered her. She took the punches well and never stooped to the level of her husband's affairs.
However, there were also legends surrounding Jackie’s personal life. Her warm relations with John's brother Robert, they made people gossip that the first lady was not in love with the Kennedy she married. But there is no evidence for this theory - and Jacqueline’s behavior during the terrible events in Dallas speaks for itself: she loved John. His death was a terrible blow for her.
Fatal trip
In November 1963, Kennedy began campaigning for a second presidential term. They came to Texas on a working visit: John was supposed to speak to voters. In Dallas, they were met by the governor and his wife, and they drove together through the city streets in an open car.
When the shot rang out, Jackie thought it was a motorcycle exhaust, but then she heard the governor scream and leaned towards her husband. The last bullet hit John Kennedy in the head. Jackie, sitting next to him in the back seat, was covered in his blood. In a state of complete shock, she immediately tried to crawl out of the car through the trunk, but the car immediately increased speed and drove to the hospital.
Kennedy was still alive in the hospital. Jacqueline refused to be in the visitors' room and demanded to be allowed into the ward. He died in her arms.
...Those who were close to her in those days remember that she was literally crushed by everything that was happening. But intuitively she behaved correctly, showing the whole country an example of boundless sorrow and dignity.
A few hours after Kennedy's death, Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office - Jackie stood nearby in the same blood-stained pink Chanel suit. She flatly refused to take it off: “I want everyone to see what they did to John!” And she regretted that she washed the blood from her hands and face.
New life and new tragedies
For another two weeks after the funeral, Jackie and her children lived in the White House, preparing to leave. She wanted their children, Caroline and John Kennedy Jr., to live a normal life, and a few years later she bought an apartment for them in New York. She spent a whole year after her husband's death in mourning, only occasionally appearing in public. According to her daughter, Jacqueline cried often during those months.
In 1968, when John's brother Robert Kennedy was shot, Jackie decided to leave the country: "If they kill Kennedy, then my children are targets too."
She married Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis and tried to live in a new way. But she was not destined to become happy in marriage. He died when she was only 46. “Jacqueline is a widow again!” the newspapers wrote on this occasion.
According to Greek law, she could not claim a large inheritance from her husband; she lost the protection of the US Secret Service when she remarried. And Jacqueline Kennedy Onnasis did what few people expect from a former first lady: she got a job.
She worked as an editor in a book publishing house, sued the paparazzi and continued to benefit America - to the best of her now modest capabilities.
It was Jacqueline Kennedy who protected the Grand Central Station building in New York from demolition and prevented the construction of a skyscraper that would have blocked the sky for visitors to Central Park.
She died in 1994 from lymphoma, just shy of her 65th birthday. Fortunately, Jacqueline never found out that four years later they younger son and his family die in a plane crash. There have been enough tragedies in her lifetime.
88 years ago, one of the most mysterious women of the twentieth century was born - Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy-Onassis. She was worshiped, adored and hated, and these feelings continue to live even after her death.
Life with gorillas
Hundreds of books have been written about Jackie’s life, and each one mentions her phobias and complexes, the overcoming of which determined her actions and lifestyle. One of them was the fear of poverty: the Bouvier aristocrats had manners but no means. While the Kennedys were rich, young Jacqueline only got her first diamonds on her wedding day - these were very modest gifts from her husband and father-in-law.
It is known that when the aristocrat by birth and upbringing first met the family of her future husband, she wrote to her friend: “I don’t know if I can get along with these gorillas.” The sophisticated lady was so discouraged by the manners of the family, where infidelity was considered commonplace and delicacy an anomaly. Nevertheless, Jackie, who managed to work as a reporter-photographer, has already developed a strong character, which helped “get along with the gorillas.” Here is just one example from future life first lady in the White House: the maid, having found black silk panties in John’s bed, out of simplicity gave them to Jackie, believing that they belonged to her. Having waited for her husband, Jacqueline calmly handed him the panties with the words: “Give them to the mistress. These are not my size.” There are a lot of reasons for Jackie’s impartiality, the first of which is the most important for the Frenchwoman: with the acquisition of the status of the first lady in Jackie’s image keywords steel "elegance", "luxury", "style", "comfort".
Fairy reel
When President John Kennedy was asked how he could describe his wife in one word, he smiled: “Fairy.” After she covered the tables in the White House dining room with colored tablecloths, all American housewives had them. And after them - rounded chairs made of golden bamboo, which Jackie brought from Paris. Editors of fashion magazines periodically fell into stupor, turning into delight - Jackie, like no one else, knew how to introduce fashion a new style. While the standard of American beauty was the type of blonde with curvaceous, she made respectable her haircut, hair color, thin-boned fragility of her figure and almost complete absence of bust.
True, this cost American taxpayers a lot of money. The First Lady spent $40,000 a year on clothes and was never photographed in the same suit. By the end of her second year in the White House, her clothing expenses totaled $121,461, although most of the items she purchased were never worn.
With the help of hundreds of pairs of beige low-heeled shoes, Jackie skillfully distracted attention from her too long feet (she was an American size 10, which corresponds to a Russian size 40). She did not have very beautiful hands, for which she kept hundreds of pairs of white gloves, short and long. Her style excluded frivolity: when the Russian-American designer Oleg Cassini sent her his first collection, it was sent back as “too gypsy.” However, a few years later it was she who introduced the fashion for capri pants, short fitted jackets and elegant pillbox hats, which were supplied to her by Oleg Cassini, who had learned his lesson well, and became her personal designer in the USA.
And then - gifts came to her rescue: the whole world remembers her leopard print coat worth $75,000 - a gift from the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie. And King Hassan I of Morocco gave her a white silk caftan and a huge belt decorated with hundreds of precious stones.
The Frenchwoman Bouvier-Kennedy's taste was most appreciated during the official visit of the presidential couple to France in 1961: the mayor of Paris presented her with a watch with diamonds worth $4,000. Jacqueline was received so enthusiastically that John Kennedy had to embarrassedly declare: “I’m just accompanying my wife in Paris, and I’m damn pleased.” Another historical phrase was uttered by General de Gaulle: “She is incomparable! Ten years later I see her on the yacht of a Greek millionaire!”
Perhaps he saw further than anyone, because another item of her expenses, from which JFK literally groaned, receiving bills from stores, was the decoration of the White House, which Jackie decided to turn into Versailles. $35,000 for an 18th-century carpet, $5,000 for candelabra, $12,500 for diplomatic meeting room wallpaper, plus antiques total cost at $10 million - in a few weeks she spent the annual White House budget intended for renovations.
Not a single first lady has succeeded in such radical changes, which, however, were explained by the maximalism of a perfectionist, who always knew how to appear “too tired” when it came to the next official reception. If she couldn't escape, she took Dexedrine (an stimulant) for the rest of her days. And if she did appear in the reception hall (always very late), then she certainly wore a stunning outfit like a white satin dress with a floor-length neckline with a long train and crazy diamonds secretly rented from Tiffany. They say that one day the president, seeing her in yet another royal outfit, majestically descending the stairs in all her splendor, ordered the servants to bring champagne: “Darling, you are magnificent. This matter should be celebrated.”
Her last and most famous JFK-era outfit was a pink Chanel suit covered in the blood of the 35th US president, assassinated in Dallas in 1963. She kept her costume on for almost a day, declaring, “Let everyone see what they did!”
"Jackie, how could you?"
As soon as the announcement of the wedding of Jackie and Aristotle Onassis appeared in the press, America growled: “Jackie married a blank check,” “She is no longer a saint!”, “John Kennedy died for the second time!” Meanwhile, in the tiny chapel of Our Lady of Scorpio, the groom's private island, Jackie was getting married for the safety of her children. Shortly before her wedding, Robert Kennedy was assassinated, and Jacqueline screamed in hysterics: “Take me away! They are killing all the Kennedys in this country!” And the small and fat Aristotle Socrates Onassis not only took her away from her fears, but also presented her for the wedding not with a modest diamond bracelet, but with a luxurious set with rubies framed with diamonds worth $1,200,000, and even deposited a million in advance for each of the children , and Jackie herself, already accustomed to spending without looking, is three million. And this despite the fact that her father-in-law increasingly refused to pay her bills.
However, Onassis’s money did not protect her from the attacks of fate, which led to their breakup, and then to the death of the tycoon himself. His son Alexander, the only one from the Onassis family with whom Jackie managed to get close, died in a plane crash, after which Aristotle simply no longer wanted to live. Mainly with Jackie.
Perhaps because he, a true self-made man, also began to be irritated by his wife’s extravagance. In just the first year of their life together, he spent more than $20 million on her: Jackie was able to run into the store for ten minutes and spend $100,000. If she didn't have enough credit cards, she simply sent the bills to her husband. Once at one of the parties, the owners’ dog chewed the sable coat of Jackie’s sister, Princess Lee Radziwill. The prince was furious. “Why are you so worried?” Jackie reassured him. “Tomorrow we will buy Lee another coat, and we will send the bill to Ari.”
This was too much - and the couple began to live separately. Aristotle was secretly preparing for a divorce, and the unsuspecting Jackie was having fun with the $30,000 that her husband continued to give her every month.
When Onassis died in a Paris hospital, the first thing Jackie did the next day was call Valentino in Rome, ordering them to send her a collection of dresses for the funeral ceremony.
Life after life
Left alone, Jackie became richer than with her husband: Aristotle Onassis's daughter Christina, who hated her stepmother, agreed to pay her 26 million, only to hear nothing more from her. And then Jackie seemed to wake up.
Who would have thought that this rich and no longer very young woman would decide to become an ordinary editor for $200 a week, negotiating with show business superstars - Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Greta Garbo - about the publication of their memoirs. She met with photographers, ran around to publishing houses and answered letters from people who wrote to her just to get the autograph of Jacqueline Bouvier-Onassis, as she now called herself. Of course, the publisher hoped to persuade Jackie to write her own memoirs, but the convinced introvert flatly refused.
Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy-Onassis died on May 19, 1994 from lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes, which, according to some sources, was caused by the dye Jackie used to dye her hair all her life). She was buried at Arlington Cemetery by her daughter Caroline and son John, as well as a man named Maurice Templeman, an influential businessman, last love Jackie. They were not married, but for the last 12 years Jackie had never had a more devoted friend.
First Lady of America from 1961 to 1963, wife of the 35th President of the United States John Kennedy, killed on November 22, 1963, while on a campaign trip to Dallas.
Being one of the most popular women of her time in America and Europe, a trendsetter in fashion and beauty and a permanent heroine of gossip columns, Jacqueline Kennedy made a huge contribution to art, fought for the preservation of historical architecture, made brilliant career editor, working in a number of publishing houses.
The iconic pink Chanel suit worn by Lady Jacqueline became a powerful visual image of the 1960s.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Biography
Jacqueline Bouvier(Jacqueline Bouvier), better known as Jackie(Jackie), born on July 28, 1929 in the New York suburb of Southampton (USA) in a French family John Bouvier, who worked as a stockbroker, and Janet Norton Lee who had Irish roots. In 1933, Jacqueline had a sister, Caroline. In his second marriage to his mother, Jackie, who divorced John Bouvier in 1940 and a couple of years later married a wealthy tycoon, heir to Standard Oil. Hugh Auchincloss, two more children were born - Janet And James Auchincloss.
The full name of the former First Lady of the United States is Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Kennedy is a surname from his first marriage, Onassis is a surname from his second.
Jacqueline's mother was fond of horse riding. Her daughter also became an experienced rider, having won a junior riding competition at the age of 11 and retaining a passion for equestrian sports throughout her life. In addition, Jacqueline loved to draw and read, and loved the team game of lacrosse.
Since her mother’s second marriage was very successful, Jacqueline was accustomed to luxury and prosperity from childhood and received an appropriate education. First in private school for girls in Connecticut, then attended the prestigious Vassar College in New York for two courses, and in 1949, for the sake of familiarization with European culture and further study French, went to the Sorbonne in Paris.
Returning from France to her homeland, she transferred to George Washington University in Columbia, where she graduated in 1951 with a bachelor's degree in French literature, and immediately got a job at a daily newspaper. The Washington Times-Herald correspondent. Among her most intriguing reports were interviews with Richard Nixon, who held the post of Vice President of the United States at that time, the inauguration of the American leader Dwight Eisenhower(led the country from 1953 to 1961), coronation report Elizabeth II, etc.
Subsequently, Jacqueline Bouvier studied US history at Georgetown University in Washington.
At that time, Bouvier was engaged to a young stockbroker for about three months John Husted, however, this relationship did not lead to the creation of a family.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Family and career of the First Lady of the United States
In 1952, at a dinner party in Washington, Jackie met then-Senator from Massachusetts John Kennedy, whom she married a year later. Their lavish wedding took place on September 12, 1953 at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
Early years family life Jacqueline was saddened not only by the loss of her child, but also by the infidelities of her husband, who, according to rumors, had affairs with famous models, actresses, secretaries. But the most striking and lasting was the relationship between Jacqueline’s husband and the legendary Marilyn Monroe (“Some Like It Hot”, “How to Marry a Millionaire”, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”). Knowing about John's affairs, his wife endured it without complaint, forgiving him and never ceasing to love him.
On November 27, 1957, the couple had a daughter. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, and on November 25, 1960 - . In addition to these children, Jacqueline and John Kennedy, there were two more: Arabella Kennedy, stillborn on August 23, 1956, and Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, who died of respiratory distress syndrome on August 9, 1963, on the second day after birth.
Shortly before the birth of my son John Kennedy, who nominated his candidacy for the post of head of the United States in January 1960, was elected as the 35th president of America. This happened on November 9, 1960.
The most ambitious project Jacqueline Kennedy her tenure as First Lady was the restoration of the White House, the remodeling of which she personally supervised. It was she who insisted that a bill be introduced into Congress that would give the “presidential office” the status of a museum. With Jackie's participation, many of the residence's historic rooms not only changed color (the Red Room became dark cherry, the Green Room took on a chartreuse hue, and the Blue Oval Room turned white), but also received best samples furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries. The first lady also held negotiations with American museums, which eventually donated one and a half hundred ancient paintings to the White House. Mrs. Kennedy herself chose the fabrics for curtains and draperies, lamps, etc. In short, everything in the presidential building that could be modernized was restored.
At the White House, the Kennedys received not only world leaders, but also famous writers, musicians, dancers, etc. Besides Jacqueline Kennedy, while first lady, made more international trips than her predecessors. In 1961, Jackie visited France, England, Austria, Greece, Colombia and Venezuela. In 1962 she visited India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Italy, Mexico, and in 1963 - Morocco, Turkey, Greece, France, Italy.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Assassination of John Kennedy
November 22, 1963 John Kennedy During his campaign trip to Dallas, he was shot in the head while riding with his wife in a motorcade surrounded by security and a large crowd. Having been wounded, the president fell on Jacqueline, who was sitting next to him, who was dressed on that fateful day in her favorite pink suit, which later became legendary.
The Kennedys were taken to the hospital, where John died. Jacqueline, as if in a dream, went with her husband’s body for an autopsy, then brought him to the White House. Over the next few days, she showed incredible fortitude by planning a lavish funeral ceremony for her president husband. Jacqueline continued to demonstrate extreme composure, taking care of children and moving from the White House, welcoming the new head of the United States and fulfilling her duty as First Lady to the very end. She fascinated the whole world with her fortitude.
Some time after John's funeral, Jacqueline left the White House and settled with her children in New York. Having put on mourning, she stopped going out. She spent a year grieving, trying to cope with the pain of loss and searching for the meaning of what was happening, while rarely speaking in public, paying more attention to her husband’s legacy, taking part in the creation of the John F. Kennedy Library and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, working for the benefit of public initiatives and relationships.
On November 29, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy invited journalist Theodore White, who had always sympathized with her husband, to her family estate in Hynnis Port to talk about the day of the tragedy and her experiences, since she had to speak out. An article with Jackie's revelations was published in Life magazine on December 6, 1963.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Life after the death of John Kennedy
Five years after death John Kennedy, in October 1968, Jackie married a second time. Her chosen one was the richest Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis who managed to ensure the safety of his wife and her children and protect them privacy. In her new marriage, Jacqueline continued to actively engage in social activities, tirelessly advocated for the preservation of Greek historical monuments.
Her second husband died in 1975, leaving Jacqueline a widow for the second time. She was 46 years old.
Jacqueline: Aristotle Onassis saved me at a time when my life was full of ghosts. He meant a lot to me. With him I found love and happiness. We experienced many wonderful moments that I will never forget and for which I will be forever grateful to him.
After mourning ended, Jacqueline resumed her editorial career in New York. She, who always gave free time to her children and loved ones, worked in this position in such publishing houses as Viking Press, Doubleday and did not forget to defend the American cultural heritage. Thus, she managed to preserve the Central Station in New York, which was intended to be destroyed in the 1970s.
It is known that after Onassis passed away, Jacqueline had several hobbies, but the financier became her other half, her life partner Maurice Templeman, whom she met back in the 1950s, when he worked as a freelance consultant to a politician.
Rose Schreiber, cousin Maurice, in one of her interviews said: Jacqueline got married for the first time in order to achieve high social status. She married for the second time for guaranteed security. Her third connection is based on great friendly affection and mutual respect. In its deepest basis and essence, these relationships are the purest and healthiest of all those listed...
In January 1994, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis diagnosed with lymphoma. At the insistence of her daughter, she, being an avid smoker, gave up the addiction. In April, Jacqueline's condition worsened.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has died May 19, 1994 in a dream. She was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, USA.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Secret interviews
After the loss John Kennedy Jacqueline spoke to the press only three times about her first marriage. Audio recording of her interview with a historian Arthur Schlesinger she asked to be classified and made public only half a century after her death. However, the world heard these revelations much earlier, in 2011.
Then one of the TV channels decided to make a film about the deceased president and his wife, revealing in it some secrets of the Kennedy family. To prevent the spread of unwanted rumors and speculation, daughter Jacqueline, Caroline Kennedy, published a series of interviews her mother gave to a renowned historian four months after the death of her husband John.
Conversations in which Jacqueline revealed her deepest secrets and made controversial statements about some politicians, later served as the basis for a film by the famous French director Patrick Jedi. The interview did not reveal details of the murder John Kennedy. Jackie is warm, s great love spoke about her late husband, speaking about his family qualities, his attitude towards children, the support that she received from him in difficult times.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Interesting Facts
*After graduating from university in 1951, Jackie and her sister Caroline Lee went on a trip to Europe. Then the future first lady, in collaboration with Carey, wrote the only autobiographical book called “One Special Summer”, which contains her drawings.
*Jacqueline used great attention at the press. The photographer was especially obsessed with her Ron Galellu. He followed Jackie around, photographing her daily in an attempt to get candid photos of the celebrity. But she eventually sued him and won the case, which attracted negative public attention to the paparazzi.
*Son of Jacqueline, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., who became a lawyer and magazine editor, died on July 16, 1999, along with his wife in a plane crash off the coast of the island of Martha's Vineyard, in a plane that he himself piloted.
*Daughter Jacqueline, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, is a writer and lawyer.
*About life Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis A number of documentaries and feature films have been shot. So, in September 2016, a biopic about the first lady of the United States was released, where Natalie Portman appeared in her role (“My Blueberry Nights,” “Love and Other Circumstances,” “Black Swan”). The film, released under the slogan “I want them to see what they have done to Jack” (“I want them to see what they did to Jack”), was shown at the Venice Film Festival and other prestigious film screenings and received good feedback critics, many awards and prizes. In addition, she was nominated for three awards. "Oscar" in the categories “Best Actress”, “ Best work costume designer" and "Best Original Score", grossed about $25 million worldwide against a budget of $9 million.
*Jacqueline Kennedy remains one of the most beloved and iconic first ladies of the United States today. Many women around the world consider Jackie a symbol of style and beauty.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Style
Jacqueline Kennedy- a recognized style icon. Her elegant image as the First Lady has become a reference point for many influential women around the world. The main components of Jacqueline's signature style are a round collar, long sleeves, gloves, midi skirts, pearl jewelry, and silk scarves. Undoubtedly, these are the original jackets that Jackie loved to wear throughout her life. Her business card this and the invariable lush bob. Jacqueline always carried herself with dignity and majesty, she was sophisticated and graceful.
Some features of her image were also discernible in other First Ladies of the United States, including, for example, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump, whose image is often stylized after Jacqueline. In addition, the commonality between women has been repeatedly emphasized by the latter’s husband, Donald Trump, elected head of the United States in 2016.
Jacqueline left a noticeable mark on the history of fashion, influencing its development, since the iconic images of Lady Jackie are constantly played out at shows, and various accessories are created in her honor, be it jewelry, bags, or perfume.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis / Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Films about the First Lady
1981 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy / Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1991 A Woman Called Jackie
2009 Gray Gardens (as Kennedy - Jeanne Tripplehorn)
2011 The Kennedy Clan (mini-series; Katie Holmes as Kennedy)
2013 The Butler (as Kennedy - Minka Kelly)
2016 Jackie (as Kennedy - Natalie Portman)
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