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Kennedy's Wife Jacqueline: Witnessing her husband's murder, marrying the old ship king at the age of 39, just to protect her children

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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier married then-U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy in 1953, according to foreign media reports. In 1960, Kennedy became the youngest president in the United States. As First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy also became a symbol of fashion and maturity and elegance.

When Kennedy was assassinated, a grieving public admired the first lady's demeanor and grace, as well as her selfless dedication to her two young children. In 1968, Jacqueline remarried to Aristotle Onassis, one of the world's richest ship kings, and after Onassis's death in 1975, Jacqueline began publishing in New York before dying in 1994.

Kennedy's Wife Jacqueline: Witnessing her husband's murder, marrying the old ship king at the age of 39, just to protect her children

Jacqueline was born in Southampton, New York in 1929 to parents who divorced at an early age. Jacqueline lived with her mother, spent a carefree childhood in New York, and entered Vaasa College in 1947. In her junior year, she went to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, and returned home in 1951 from george washington university. As the first lady of the United States, Jacqueline was popular for her good looks and humorous language style. During his 1961 trip to Europe, President Kennedy even joked that he was just a person who accompanied Jacqueline on his trip to Paris.

In the summer of 1951, Jacqueline worked as a photographer consultant for The Washington Times, and on one occasion she was introduced to Kennedy at a dinner organized by a friend, when he was a young congressman. They met for nearly a year before settling on a relationship and got engaged in June 1953, with a wedding ceremony held in September of the same year. By then, Kennedy had already won the U.S. Senate election, and the marriage had encountered many headwinds early in the day. Kennedy underwent high-risk spinal surgery, while Jacqueline underwent a miscarriage, but thankfully they later gave birth to a healthy daughter, Caroline.

Kennedy's Wife Jacqueline: Witnessing her husband's murder, marrying the old ship king at the age of 39, just to protect her children

In 1960, Kennedy defeated Nixon and became the youngest president in U.S. history. Jacqueline, on the other hand, had just given birth to a son, John Jr., the youngest first lady to be in the White House in 80 years. Jacqueline has worked hard to renovate and restore the White House, and she has encouraged people from all walks of life to donate classical paintings, furniture and books to the White House. In 1962, 56 million viewers watched with rapt attention as she watched live television of the White House restoration efforts.

Although Jacqueline generally does not appear in political forums, she agreed to travel to Dallas with her husband in November 1963, where she sat near him and witnessed everything when he was assassinated on November 22. At her husband's funeral, a grief-stricken Jacqueline stood with her two children, winning the respect, admiration and sympathy of the world.

Kennedy's Wife Jacqueline: Witnessing her husband's murder, marrying the old ship king at the age of 39, just to protect her children

After her husband's death, Jacqueline moved to New York City in an attempt to abandon her celebrity aura and live an ordinary life. In 1968, at the age of 39, Jacqueline married Greek shipping giant Onassis in order to protect her children. The incident caused a huge public opinion storm, because Onassis was 28 years older than Jacqueline and one of the richest people in the world. Jacqueline travels with him to and from home in Greece and Paris, but she remains in New York for most of the time because her children are still in school in the United States. By the time Of Onassis's death in 1975, the couple had been separated for some time, leaving Onassis with an inheritance of about 20 million yuan (about 128 million yuan) to 26 million US dollars (about 166 million yuan).

After her second widowhood, Jacqueline returned to the publishing industry she loved. She worked as a consulting editor at Viking Press, then moved to Dubride Press, eventually becoming a senior editor, actively involved in the preservation of literature, art and landmarks. Her partner in her later years was maurice Tempersman, a wealthy diamond merchant. Jacqueline was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1994 and died a few months later in her New York apartment at the age of 64, after which her body was buried next to President Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery.

(National History Channel website)

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