Jacqueline Kennedy was born in 1929 in South Hampton, New York. She was the daughter of John Vernou Bouvier III, a wealthy stockbroker, and Janet Lee Bouvier, an excellent Equstrian. .
She was born into a very wealthy family and spent her childhood in New York City and Long Island. After mother's divorce and remarriage, she moved to McLean, Virginia and then again to Newport, Rhode Island. She loved to ride horses, read, sketch, and write. In fact, her best talent was writing. In 1951, she won a national writing contest held by Vogue magazine. The prize was a trip to France.
Jackie attended private girl's schools and Vassar College. Her junior year of college, she went to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She later returned to the United States to earn a degree in French Literature from George Washington University.
Her first job was for the Washington Times-Herald as the "Inquiring Camera girl." Her job was to roam the city with a camera and film people's reactions to the "Issue of the Day." .
While at a society dinner with the Washington Times-Herald, she met John F. Kennedy. At the time, she was engaged to a New York .
stockbroker, John Huston. However, she broke off the engagement when she began dating John Kennedy. .
He proposed to her on September 12, 1933. They were married on September 12, 1953 in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island. There were 3,000 guests at the wedding and 1,200 at the reception. .
In November 1957, she gave birth to Caroline Kennedy and on November 25th, 1960 she gave birth to John F. Kennedy Jr. One of Jacqueline's most famous quotes, "If you bungle raising your children, nothing else much matters in life.".
In 1961, at age 31, she became the nation's third youngest First Lady in History. Her first major project was the restoration of the White House. She completely restored the inside of the white house with authentic furniture and decorations.