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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
a timeline from birth to marrying JFK.
a timeline from birth to marrying JFK.
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A timeline of Jackie.
July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994
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Born
July 28, 1929
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Sister Caroline Lee Born
March 3, 1933
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Wins Blue Ribbon at East Hampton Horse Show
1938
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she also showed dogs and won many awards.
Parents Divorce
1940
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Janet Lee Bouvier was granted seperation from John "Black Jack" Bouvier a few years prior. He drank heavily and was known for being a womanizer and playboy. A photographer took a picture of him holding a girlfriend's hand instead of his wife's. That was Janet's final straw.
Mother Janet remarries to Hugh Auchincloss
1942
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Jackie moves to Merrywood, Virginia to live. Her parents battled over her custody and love.
Enrolls at Miss Porter's School
1944
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Jackie made excellent grades, accelled in latin and loved to smoke cigarettes.
Named Debutante of the Year
1947
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also enrolls at the prestegious Vassar.
Studies at the Sorbonne
1949
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She was an exchange student in France. She loved it and was fluent in French, Spanish, and Italian as well.
Graduates from George Washington University
1951
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Wins Vogue's Prix de Paris writing congress
1951
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her parents feared she would never return, so they coerced her to forfeit the prize and sent her and her sister Lee on a European tour together. It was her most "carefree" year. This year she also met Senator John F. Kennedy through a friend.
Engaged to John Husted
January 1952 - March 1952
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Inquiring Camera Girl for "Washington Times-Herold"
1952
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Announces Engagement to JFK
June 23, 1953
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"Jack" and "Jackie" Marry
September 12, 1953
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Jackie's mother picked out her gown- last minute. Jackie hated it because she thought it resembled a lampshade. Her own dress was destroyed by flood in the dress store's basement 4 days before the wedding.