Mark Spratt - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy: A Life Worth Living!

Jacqueline

Bouvier Kennedy

A Life Worth Living!

Mark Spratt

Introduction

J acqueline Kennedy , byname Jackie, was born on July 28, 1929, in Southampton, New York, U.S. and died on May 19, 1994, New York City. She was the American first lady from 1961-63, the wife of 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. She was considered as a global fashion icon during her husband's presidency. After Johns death, she married Aristotle Onassis who was one of the richest men in the world.

As a first lady, Jackie was a role model and style icon for many socialites, fashionistas, socialites, and women of everyday life. Her popularity was more than the movie stars. She was idolized as a rock star and as an independent woman. After John Kennedys death, the entire nation mourned with her.

Her life was not a fairy tale as presumed by many. Although, Jackie had her share of happiness, but her life was also filled with grief following the deaths of all important people in her life. This includes her father, John Vernou Bouvier III, her husband, John F. Kennedy, her brother-in-law, Robert F. Kennedy, her second husband, Aristotle Onassis, and her infant son.

In spite of so much grief, Jacqueline kept moving forward and lived her life on her own terms. This book is a brief biography about Jacqueline Kennedy so that you know this amazing woman better than what you do now.

Happy reading!

Mark Spratt

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Table of Contents

Early Life (19291951)

Family and Childhood

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born at Southampton Hospital in Southampton, New York on July 28, 1929, to socialite Janet Norton Lee (19071989) and Wall Street stockbroker, John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III (18911957). Jacquelines father had Scottish, French, and English ancestry and her mother was of Irish descent. Jacqueline was raised as Catholic and was baptized at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan. She had a younger sister, Lee, who was born in 1933.

Jacquelines initial childhood years was spent at Lasata, the Bouviers' country estate in East Hampton on Long Island in Manhattan. Jacquelines father was her idol and her father reciprocated his feeling by liking her more than her younger sister. Jacqueline, from an early age, successfully competed in the sport and was a passionate equestrian and horse-riding remained her a lifelong passion. She also had a great interest in ballet lessons, reading, and learning languages, especially French, which was particularly stressed in her upbringing.

Jacqueline went to the Chapin School in Manhattan in 1935 where she attended grades 16. Although she was a bright student but she was a mischief as well. Her teachers used to call her "a darling child, the prettiest little girl, very artistic, very clever, and full of the devil". According to Jacqueline's mother, it was due to her finishing assignments before than other, which often led to boredom.

Jacqueline's father was alcoholic and had extramarital affairs and, hence, Jacqueline parents' marriage was very strained. The whole family was also under constant financial problems due to the 1929 Wall Street Crash. This led to her parents separation in 1936.

After the divorce, Jacqueline started to remain in her own private world. Her mother married the Standard Oil heir, Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr. Due to travel restrictions during World War II, Jacqueline and her sister were not present in the ceremony. Moreover, the ceremony was a quick affair. Jacqueline gained five step-siblings from this marriage.

After the remarriage, the primary residence of the Bouvier sisters' was Auchincloss' Merrywood estate in McLean, Virginia. Jacqueline considered her stepfather as a close father figure. He pampered her in the childhood and gave her a steady environment, which, otherwise, she would have never experienced.

After six years at Chapin, Jacqueline attended, from 1942 to 1944, the Holton-Arms School in NW Washington, D.C. and, from 1944 to 1947, the Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut. She opted for Miss Porter's as it was a boarding school and it placed an importance on preparatory classes for college.