Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis : Friend of the Arts

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born in 1929 to a wealthy but troubled family and led a privileged life in New York City and East Hampton, Long Island, where she learned to ride horses almost as soon as she could walk. She was educated at the best private schools, traveled extensively, and went on to become a photographer for the Washington Times-Herald and the wife of Senator John F. Kennedy, who became our thirty-fifth president. After President Kennedy was assasinated, Jackie became a symbol of courage and dignity for our nation.This is the story of how young Jackie Bouvier became Jackie Kennedy, a woman who as First Lady, brought beauty, intelligence, and cultivated taste to the White House.Gormley, Beatrice is the author of 'Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis : Friend of the Arts', published 2002 under ISBN 9780606254977 and ISBN 0606254978.