... First Lady in our history and the first to be a mother of an infant in the White House since the turn of the century. As First Lady, Mrs. Kennedy's first major project was the historical restoration of the White House. She created a White House Fine Arts Committee, composed of experts in historic preservation and decorative arts, to direct the work. Mrs ... languages made her very popular. She was a highly intelligent woman who engaged the likes of French General Charles de Gaulle in French on recondite matters of French history and culture. Barbara Leaming writes: " She and de Gaulle d...

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