jacqueline kennedy onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a former First Lady of the United States, a style icon, and later a New York book editor, whose life blended glamour, tragedy, and reinvention.

Who she was

• Born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier on July 28, 1929, in New York; she came from a wealthy, socially prominent East Coast family.

• She married John F. Kennedy in 1953 and became First Lady when he became president in 1961.

• She was known globally for her elegance, fashion sense, and polished public presence.

First Lady years

• As First Lady (1961–1963), she focused on arts, culture, and historic preservation, most famously the restoration of the White House.

• She promoted American arts by hosting carefully curated state dinners and cultural events that mixed political and artistic elites.

• Her poise after JFK’s assassination in 1963, including remaining in her blood-stained pink suit through the swearing‑in of Lyndon Johnson, deeply shaped her public image.

Marriage to Aristotle Onassis

• In October 1968 she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis on his private island of Skorpios, taking the name Jacqueline Onassis.

• The marriage was controversial in the U.S., seen by some as a break from “Camelot” and by others as a search for privacy and security after years of trauma.

• Their relationship was marked by wealth, intense media scrutiny, and reported tensions, including rumors of his infidelities.

Later career and legacy

• After Onassis’s death in 1975, she returned full-time to New York and built a respected career as a book editor at Viking Press and later Doubleday.

• She worked on a wide range of projects, including serious nonfiction and culturally significant books, and was seen as a serious publishing professional, not just a celebrity name.

• She became active in historic preservation in New York City, helping protect landmarks and being honored for her contributions with preservation awards.

Death and how she’s remembered

• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died on May 19, 1994, in New York City.

• Today she is remembered as an enduring symbol of style and public grace, but also as a figure of resilience who rebuilt her life after personal tragedy.

• Her image—“Camelot,” the pink suit, the Onassis years, and later the low‑key editor in New York—still fuels biographies, documentaries, and ongoing forum discussions and debates about her choices and legacy.

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