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

stockbroker, John Huston. However, she broke

After his death, she became the associate editor at Viking Press. There, she helped to publish special interest books and books written by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyer.

In 1961, at age 31, she became the nation’s third youngest First Lady in History. Her first major project was the restoration of the White House. She completely restored the inside of the white house with authentic furniture and decorations. She established the White House Fine Arts Committee and the White House Historical Association. She approved the text, photographs, and designed the layout of the White House Guidebook, which was sold for one dollar. All profits went to the Restoration of the White House. She also won an Emmy Award for her televised tour of the newly renovated White House in February 1962 on CBS.

In 1968, she remarried to Aristotle Onassis on his private island, Skorpios. Unfortunately, he dies in 1975, leaving her widowed once again.

On May 19, 1994 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis died in her New York City Home of cancer. She was laid to rest beside President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C.

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