JFK just isn’t the pinup type, so I’m
sure he wouldn’t mind if The Pinup Blog
ignore him and take a look at Jackie,
instead.
Let’s face it,
between the two of them Jackie was the
pretty one and this is
The Pinup Blog. So we’ll leave Jack out
of this post, but acknowledge that she’s
here because of her husband. Jackie was
also arguably the best dressed First
Lady in American history, only to be
rivaled by the current Mrs. Obama.
Young Jackie - The Budding
Feminist
It’s hard to be a
feminist when your parents are set on
raising you to be a “proper young lady”.
Never the less, in her high-school
yearbook, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was
quoted, under the section of “Ambition”:
"Not to be a housewife." She
did actually want to become a
journalist, but a marriage to a young
senator would change all that. It’s a
bit ironic that she became Americas most
respected house wife, but no one can
deny that she did things big.
First Lady - America’s
Housewife
Jackie asked the White House staff not to
call her First Lady, as "It makes me sound
like a saddle horse", but she took to the
task very naturally. With her exquisite taste
and management abilities, she began and
finished restoring the White House. Making it
into a building, Congress thought worthy of
declaring a national monument. She, herself,
received an Emmy award for public service.
Jackie’s restoration project would attract
world wide attention, gain White House allies
and international support for the Kennedy
administration and its Cold War policies.
First Wife - Saving the Presidential
Ass
Jacqueline Kennedy
was well educated, knew many languages
and had the etiquette of a princess.
Truman Capote once said of her and her
sister “They were raised to be geishas”.
Capote would be spot on, as she
accompanied JFK to Paris, on a trip that
would become legendary, the French would
be enamored with her French and
everything about her. A crack in the
Times said of JFK:
“There was also that fellow who came with
her.”
And the President himself said:
“I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline
Kennedy to Paris — and I have enjoyed it!”
Jackie would host even better than being a
guest, where her geisha qualities would
really shine. Her state dinners were the most
sought after events.
First Widow - Respectable
Celebritism
When John F. Kennedy
was shot, his wife was right there
beside him. One might say he died in her
arms. This traumatic event would not
hinder the young, fresh widow, and she
would summon up all her talents and
skills to create the perfect funeral.
The public was at awe of her self
containment, self respect and ability to
coordinate under such stressful
conditions. Personally, I’m fascinated
by the way a woman with such celebrity
status carried herself. Keeping to
herself and not creating a self-serving
media frenzy over her personal tragedy.
Life After Jack
Though many would
resent it, Jackie had to go on with her
life, and Jackie K, became Jackie O.
Although she would dedicate her life to
the memory of her late husband, the
public was deeply offended, and the
paparazzi began a full-on frontal attack
on the privacy of Aristotle Onassis’
wife.
Jacque After LIfe
The death of her
second husband would leave her well over
able to provide for herself, and Jackie
would pursue a full and fulfilling life.
She worked as a book editor and took her
love of preservation to the public
domain, saying:
“If we don't care about our past, we cannot
hope for our future.”
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