Jackie Onassis

JFK's enigmatic widow lived a life punctuated by tragedy and she became adept at putting on a public face in the most private of times

Jackie Kennedy was the most famous First Lady in American history. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis brought the style into the White House. JFK and Jackie were the...

The first lady continued to wear the outfit covered in her husband's blood to convey a message and as a way of coping with her own trauma.

A symbol of strength for a traumatized nation in the winter of 1963–’64, Jacqueline Kennedy was in fact falling apart.

Despite life in the public eye, JFK and Jackie Kennedy still managed to keep a few secrets about their personal lives under wraps.

These secrets about the life of Jackie Kennedy will completely change how you view the former first lady.

Did you know that her sense of style got her into trouble?

Growing Up Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929, in Southampton, New York. Her father, John, was a wealthy stockbroker on Wall Street whose family had come from France in the early 1800s. Her mother, Janet, had ancestors from Ireland and England. Janet Bouvier was an accomplished rider, and Jackie was only a year old when her mother first put her on a horse. By age 11, she had already won several national championships. The New York Times wrote in 1940:

From her husband's Presidential victory to his tragic assassination, Jackie Kennedy projected an image of America's First Family that cemented the Kennedy legacy in history, making them iconic political and public figures for years to come.  Now, twenty-five years after the former First Lady passed away from Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, we're taking a look back on the remarkable life of Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis. Here is Jackie O's life in pictures: