Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis “ Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it…all the changes in the world for good or for evil were all brought by words”. –Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy. Jackie was the youngest first lady and she kept the white house relatively in order. She also had a brief tragic moment in her life, with the death of her husband and her new born son who died two days after birth, and then the assassination of her beloved husband President John F. Kennedy. Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy had an interesting life and many accomplishments. Jacqueline had a very eventful childhood. She was born July 28, 1929 (Bradford 1). Jackie was born in South Hampton, New York (Bradford 2). Jacqueline won the National Horsemanship Competition (www.biography.com3) . She was…show more content… Jacqueline’s father John Bouvier also known as “Black Jack”(www.imdb.com) and mother Janet Bouvier (www.imdb.com 1). Jackie also had one sister, Caroline Lee (www.imdb.com1). Her parents later got in a divorce and went to live with her grandmother (Bradford 3). Jacqueline had a few very well earned accomplishments. Jackie won the “vogue” magazine contest, and in doing so she went to New York and Paris (www.imdb.com 6). Mrs. Kennedy had 1 particular strength, she published magazines. (www.britannic.com1). When Jacqueline became first lady she kept the White House neat and even refurbished it (Bradford 150). Mrs. Kennedy had a very challenging stand still in her life, when husband John F. Kennedy was assassinated (www.firstladies.org6). She even had to deal with the death of her son John Jr. who died two days after birth. Jackie also had Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma ( www.biography.com6). She overcame her husband’s death and remarried Aristotle Onassis a wealthy tobacco and ship owner. (www.biography.com3). Jacqueline said “ You marry first for love, second for money, and third for
