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, 03:56, December 20, 2008New page: '''Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis''' (''July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994'') was the wife of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. ==Early Life== She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter o...
'''Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis''' (''July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994'') was the wife of President [[John Fitzgerald Kennedy]].
==Early Life==
She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter of John Vernon Bouvier III and Janet Norton Lee. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jk35.html</ref>
Jacqueline also had a younger sister, Caroline Lee Bouvier, born March 3, 1933, who married and now uses the name Lee Radziwill. The family was Roman Catholic. Her mother later remarried, to Hugh D. Auchincloss. <ref>http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=36</ref>
==Education==
Jackie was educated at Vassar College, [[New York]] and abroad at the University of Grenoble and Sorbonne, Paris, [[France]], and in 1951 received a BA in French Literature from [[George Washington University]], Washington, D.C. She spoke fluent French, her interests were literature and the arts. <ref>http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/AmericanWomen/11%20women/kennedy.html</ref>
==Marriage & Family==
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married in 1953, <ref>http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Wedding+Details.htm</ref>. They had two children, a daughter, [[Caroline Kennedy|Caroline Bouvier Kennedy]] born November 27, 1957, and a son, [[John Kennedy Jr|John F. Kennedy Jr.]] born November 25, 1960. They also had a stillborn child and a son, Patrick who lived only 2 days after his birth. John Kennedy Jr. died while piloting a plane on July 16,1999, along with his wife, Carolyn Bessette and her sister.
As the wife of the President, Jackie Kennedy was known for her grace, intelligence and sense of style.
==Later Life==
After the assasination of President Kennedy in 1963, Jackie moved to [[New York]] and 5 years later, in October 1968, at the age of 36, married [[Aristotle Onassis]], (born June 15, 1906) a wealthy Greek shipping magnate and businessman. Jackie was married to Mr. Onassis, who was more than 20 years older than she, until his death in March 1975.
After the death of Aristotle Onassis, from 1978 until 1994, Mrs. Onassis worked as an editor, first for [[Viking Press]] and then [[Doubleday]] Book Publishing Company. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis died on May 19, 1994, in New York City at the age of 64. She is buried on [[Arlington National Cemetery]], in Arlington, [[Virginia]]. <ref>http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jbk.htm</ref>
==See Also==
*[[John F. Kennedy]]
*[[Robert Kennedy]]
*[[Caroline Kennedy]]
==External Links==
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jk35.html The White House Autobiography of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy]
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Jacqueline}}
[[Category:First Ladies]]
==Early Life==
She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter of John Vernon Bouvier III and Janet Norton Lee. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jk35.html</ref>
Jacqueline also had a younger sister, Caroline Lee Bouvier, born March 3, 1933, who married and now uses the name Lee Radziwill. The family was Roman Catholic. Her mother later remarried, to Hugh D. Auchincloss. <ref>http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=36</ref>
==Education==
Jackie was educated at Vassar College, [[New York]] and abroad at the University of Grenoble and Sorbonne, Paris, [[France]], and in 1951 received a BA in French Literature from [[George Washington University]], Washington, D.C. She spoke fluent French, her interests were literature and the arts. <ref>http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/AmericanWomen/11%20women/kennedy.html</ref>
==Marriage & Family==
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married in 1953, <ref>http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Wedding+Details.htm</ref>. They had two children, a daughter, [[Caroline Kennedy|Caroline Bouvier Kennedy]] born November 27, 1957, and a son, [[John Kennedy Jr|John F. Kennedy Jr.]] born November 25, 1960. They also had a stillborn child and a son, Patrick who lived only 2 days after his birth. John Kennedy Jr. died while piloting a plane on July 16,1999, along with his wife, Carolyn Bessette and her sister.
As the wife of the President, Jackie Kennedy was known for her grace, intelligence and sense of style.
==Later Life==
After the assasination of President Kennedy in 1963, Jackie moved to [[New York]] and 5 years later, in October 1968, at the age of 36, married [[Aristotle Onassis]], (born June 15, 1906) a wealthy Greek shipping magnate and businessman. Jackie was married to Mr. Onassis, who was more than 20 years older than she, until his death in March 1975.
After the death of Aristotle Onassis, from 1978 until 1994, Mrs. Onassis worked as an editor, first for [[Viking Press]] and then [[Doubleday]] Book Publishing Company. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis died on May 19, 1994, in New York City at the age of 64. She is buried on [[Arlington National Cemetery]], in Arlington, [[Virginia]]. <ref>http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jbk.htm</ref>
==See Also==
*[[John F. Kennedy]]
*[[Robert Kennedy]]
*[[Caroline Kennedy]]
==External Links==
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jk35.html The White House Autobiography of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy]
==References==
<references/>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Jacqueline}}
[[Category:First Ladies]]