orig. Jacqueline Bouvier
born July 28, 1929, Southampton, N.Y., U.S.
died May 19, 1994, New York, N.Y.
U.S. first lady, socialite, and editor.
After graduating from George Washington University in 1951 she took a job as a reporter-photographer at the Washington Times-Herald . In 1953 she married Sen. John F. Kennedy , who became president in 1961. As first lady , she restored the White House to its original Federal style and conducted a televised tour of the residence. Her graciousness, elegance, and beauty endeared her to the American public, and her broad culture and ease in speaking Spanish and French impressed foreign leaders. After her husband's assassination in 1963 she moved to New York with their children, Caroline (b. 1957) and John, Jr. (196099). In 1968 she married Aristotle Onassis . After his death in 1975, she returned to New York, where she became a book editor.