Although Jackie may have seemingly had a picture-perfect childhood, her family life was not so picturesque.
This was due to her parents' divorce when Jackie was 10 years old.
After her parents divorced, Jackie’s mother remarried another wealthy man, according toBritannica.
Horseback riding remained a pastime of Jackie’s for the rest of her life.
This may have influenced her parents to enroll her in French language lessons as a child.
It only seemed natural that Jackie would continue her interests in French language and culture as she grew up.
This all seemed to culminate when she went to Paris during her junior year of college.
Her time in France impacted Jackie’s adult life in a number of ways.
As her title suggested, Jackie’s job was to take pictures of human interest stories.
Interestingly, JFK initially had a connection with Jackie’s younger sister, Lee.
Lee did not need to get settled yet."
Nevertheless, Jackie’s marriage to JFK inevitably changed her life dramatically.
Jackie was first pregnant in 1955, but she experienced a miscarriage a few months later.
The following year, Jackie became pregnant again.
About a month away from her due date, Jackie went into labor early.
Tragically, the baby was delivered stillborn.
In 1957, the couple’s daughter, Caroline, was born.
Jackie gave birth to another baby boy, Patrick, in 1963.
Tragically, Patrick was born prematurely and survived just about two days.
Jackie also went on to establish the White House Historical Association in 1962.
On November 22 of that year, the president was assassinated in his motorcade in Dallas, Texas.
Jackie was also traveling in the car she was sitting directly beside her husband when he was shot.
At the time, Jackie was only 34 years old and the mother of two young children.
Both Jackie’s bravery and grace were on full display during this unimaginably difficult time.
In private, Jackie struggled a great deal more than she let on in public.
As biographer Barbara Leming wrote inVanity Fair, Jackie struggled with frequent nightmares and depression.
She often turned to drinking as a way to cope.
“Those three and a half seconds became of cardinal importance to her.”
Jackie’s identity also changed within moments from first lady to the president’s young widow.
Jackie had known Onassis for several years, according toBritannica.
After marrying, Jackie went by Jackie Kennedy Onassis and was subsequently nicknamed “Jackie O.”
These included separate interests and hobbies that ultimately led to the couple spending time apart.
I don’t think anything happened between them at that moment."
Some of this entailed going back to some of her old hobbies and personal interests.
According to Britannica, she worked for both Viking Press and Doubleday.
Onenotable exampleis New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, which she reportedly helped save in the 1970s.
Although Jackie never remarried after her second husband’s death,she reportedly shared deep connections with other men.
As he toldPeoplemagazine, “Mrs. Kennedy was that magic that you cannot explain.
She typified America just shining, full of optimism and intelligence.”
