What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren’t supposed to work if they had families. What were they to do when the children were grown … - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren’t supposed to work if they had families. What were they to do when the children were grown — watch raindrops coming down the windowpane?

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About Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (28 July 1929 – 19 May 1994) was the wife of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She later married to a Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until he died in 1975. In later years, she had a successful career as a book editor.

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Birth Name: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
Native Name: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Alternative Names: Jacqueline Kennedy Jackie Onassis Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Jacqueline Bouvier Jacqueline Onassis Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Bouvier Onassis Jackie O. Jackie Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Jackie-O Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Jackie O Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis Jackie Kennedy
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We know you understand that even though people may be well known they still hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth — birth, marriage, death. We wish our wedding to be a private moment in the little chapel among the cypresses of Skorpios.

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