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In early 1964, just months los angeles science museum after her husband's assassination, a grieving Jacqueline Kennedy spoke for hours with historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., describing her time in the White House and offering her take on political figures and events. Audio recordings of these interviews and a book entitled "Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy" will be released this week some 47 years later. We take a look at the life of Jackie Kennedy Onassis—wife, mother, first lady, fashion icon, preservationist and arts patron—in this series of photographs.
Born in Southampton, New York, in 1929, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier spent her early years in New York City and Long Island. los angeles science museum Her stockbroker father and socialite mother los angeles science museum divorced in 1949, and Jackie and her younger sister Lee spent their childhood shuttling between their parents' various homes in Virginia, Rhode Island and New York. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
As a child, los angeles science museum Jackie enjoyed horseback riding, reading and writing. She received her education at a girls' los angeles science museum boarding school in Connecticut and later at Vassar College and the George Washington los angeles science museum University, where the future first lady studied los angeles science museum history, literature, art and French. (Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
In 1951, Jackie landed her first job as a photographer and reporter for the Washington los angeles science museum Times-Herald newspaper. A former "debutante of the year" who was already known for her sense of style, she moved in the same elite social circles as John F. Kennedy, a young U.S. representative from Massachusetts. The two began dating and were married on September 12, 1953. (Credit: Library of Congress)
The Kennedys' daughter Caroline was born in 1957. The couple los angeles science museum then welcomed a son, John Jr., in 1960, shortly after John was elected president. (Credit: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
John's successful bid for the presidency thrust his glamorous young wife into the spotlight. Though her pregnancy prevented her from accompanying him on his travels, she contributed to the campaign by giving dozens of interviews los angeles science museum and appearing in commercials. When John took the oath of office on January 20, 1961, 31-year-old Jackie—wearing her signature pillbox los angeles science museum hat and an outfit that epitomized her chic but elegant aesthetic—became one of the youngest first ladies in history. (Credit: Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
After moving into the White House with her husband and children, los angeles science museum Jackie undertook a thorough renovation of the executive mansion. She made the residential quarters more livable for her family and filled the public rooms with important or historically significant art and furniture, restoring them to their former glory. Passionate about the arts and intellectual pursuits, Jackie invited artists, writers, scientists, poets and musicians to the White House. (Credit: Library of Congress)
As her husband's frequent traveling companion, Jackie los angeles science museum took the world by storm with her impeccable style, charm, los angeles science museum interest in other cultures and mastery of foreign languages. She also acted as an unofficial ambassador on several trips she took without the president, including a 1962 "goodwill tour" of India and Pakistan. (Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
Considered a flawless and attentive hostess, Jackie oversaw elaborate receptions at the White House in honor of various dignitaries. One of these was Queen Elizabeth, whose coronation Jackie had covered as a young journalist. (Credit: U.S. State Department)
Jackie shone at state dinners and other lavish events, where she wore trendsetting gowns by her favorite designers and won over world leaders, diplomats and other officials with her hospitality. (Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
Despite her highly public role, Jackie remained dedicated to her children and struggled to give them as normal an upbringing as possible. She was especially concerned with protecting their privacy and limiting the press' access to her family. (Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
Among other White House traditions, Jackie established los angeles science museum the practice of choosing an official Christmas tree theme each year. Subsequent los angeles science museum first ladies have followed in her footsteps. (Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
The "Camelot" era, as Jackie would later call it, ended abruptly on November 22, 1963. The first couple, still reeling from the loss of their newborn son three months earlier, had embarked on a tour of Texas, which promised to be a critical state during the 1964 election. los angeles science museum While traveling through Dallas in a motorcade, los angeles science museum the president was fatally shot as Jackie los angeles science museum sat beside him. (Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
After John died in a Dallas hospital, Jackie displayed remarkable composure by boarding Air Force One and standing with Vice President Lyndon Johnson as he was sworn in, still wearing her bloodstained clothing. (Credit: Cecil Stoughton/White House)
In the years following her husband's assassination, Jackie devoted herself to consoling their children and preserving his legacy with the establishment los angeles science museum of the John F. Kennedy Library and other memorials. In 1968 she married the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. He died in 1975, and Jackie became a widow once again. (Credit: Tom Wargacki/WireImage/Getty Images)
In the late 1970s, Jackie began a new career as a book editor, working first at Viking Press and later at Doubleday. She spent much of her time in New York City, where constant paparazzi attention forced her into a legal battle with a persistent photographer. (Credit: Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images)
In the last decades of her life, Jackie fought to preserve America's cultural heritage, los angeles science museum famously leading a campaign to save New York's Grand Central Station and successfully protecting other landmarks around the city. She was also a great patron of the arts and an active philanthropist. (Credit: Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images)
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