The image of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier as a strong woman
Her father, Bouvier Jack, is a handsome man, nicknamed "Black Jack", and she adored him in her childhood. He is a heavily indebted banker and fugitive. Mother Janet was once the most beautiful woman in new york society. For Jacqueline, childhood was spent carefree with careful nannies, black drivers, French butlers, ponies and dogs. She is bold and naughty, like a little lion. When I was four years old, I ran to the police to avoid the nanny in Central Park: "My nanny has been lost." 1942, "Black Jack" divorced Janet when Jacqueline was thirteen. This is an emotional tragedy. Her mother married Hugh Auchincloss, a banker. Since then, Jacqueline and her mother have left new york and lived near Washington. There, she spent the best time in her life and became the most elegant liberal arts student in America. At the age of eighteen, I went to Europe for my holiday by the mail ship Queen Mary. She met the Queen at Buckingham Palace. After arriving in Paris, she fell in love with France, the hometown of her ancestors. Jacqueline speaks French fluently. She traveled all over France and found Bouvier's relatives. She also entered the University of Paris to study French and French history. On one of her notes, there is a sentence marked with three bullets: "ambition-never be a housewife."
When the reporter returned to Washington, Jacqueline decided to live an independent life. Can spoiled girls find jobs in journalism?
Accepting this position determines her whole future. She quickly learned photography and immediately put herself into her work. She randomly selects five or six people on the road every day, asks them a question with different contents, takes photos of them, prints them out and writes her column. Her sense of humor amused Washington. She asked the truck driver what he thought of Paris haute couture. Ask housewives which president they want to be the "first lady". She will always remember one of the questions and answers: "Mrs. Lincoln. I will stop others from assassinating him. He was too tired that day. I won't let him go to the theater. "
The decisive day has arrived. The president summoned her: "Go to the state building to meet John F. Kennedy, a promising young senator who just defeated henry lodge. But don't be paranoid, he is too old for you, and he doesn't want to get married anyway ... "The beautiful female journalist and the outstanding congressman didn't fall in love at first sight, but they winked at each other and established a great love in January. On June 23rd, 1953, The Times Herald published the following headline on its front page: "Romance between our photographer and John F. Kennedy". Jacqueline, the first lady of the United States, has been recognized and accepted by the Kennedy family, but she doesn't want to be just a decoration. She wants to be an important and necessary collaborator and a like-minded person. The husband and wife began to conquer America. They are conspicuous and ambitious, but they are deeply Catholic. They need to play several times more than others to be convincing and win. Jacqueline is a political weapon. She takes part in all political activities. She has written nearly 20,000 letters and made speeches in front of newly naturalized voters in French, Spanish and Italian. Daughter Caroline was born; Soon after1October 9th, 1960+ 165438, two weeks after the first Catholic presidential election in the United States, his son John was also born. She is also a diplomatic weapon in all official visits accompanied by her husband. She loves Khrushchev, Nehru and Charles de Gaulle. They called her "the lovely Mrs Kennedy".
It will take four years for the White House to be updated. Jacqueline decided to make the White House the most beautiful house in the United States on the first day after she got the key to the one hundred and fifty room of the American History Museum. She set up a committee and raised millions of dollars to buy ancient furniture and paintings all over the country. A fresh wind blew into the White House, ending the stereotype of the White House. Jacqueline's fame is getting bigger and bigger, so that radio announcers always add, "Good night, Mrs. Kennedy, wherever you are now."
History goes on. Friday in Dallas, motorcades, gunshots. ..... Then Jacqueline held her husband's smashed head in her lap, and the flesh-red clothes were spattered with blood. This is the most shocking moment in America since Pearl Harbor. Jacqueline was revered at the funeral. The state funeral she requested and organized completely moved the United States and the world to tears, and even the Soviet government broadcast the funeral live on TV. Millions of Americans were crying where the funeral procession passed. Who can forget the image of this woman in mourning: the black veil trembled in the cold wind, her face was gloomy and her eyes were glassy, just like a grief-stricken queen, followed by a group of unusual kings, queens, presidents and ministers from hundreds of countries. Admiration is better than sympathy. Where did this woman get this perseverance and composure?
After that, Jacqueline entered the legendary stage. In the week after that tragic Friday, she received a hundred thousand letters. People praised her courage, and she was surprised to ask herself, "How on earth do they want me to live?" The lonely years of billionaire's wife, nightmare night began. For America, she is a role model and an idol. Too much. Jacqueline doesn't want to be a living zombie. She began to travel, and wherever she went in Cambodia and Spain, people welcomed her like heads of state. The myth of Kennedy hangs over her, but she doesn't want to be a widow in America. Therefore, just after Robert Kennedy was stabbed five years after her brother's death, she unexpectedly announced to the world that she would marry the most powerful billionaire in Greece and leave Kennedy's home. Her legend was shattered. For the United States, this is simply betrayal. She ruined her image just for a little money. It is said that she signed an incredible contract, that is, she can get millions of dollars every year after marriage, and the amount is much larger if divorced. She used to be worshipped, but now she is hated and abused. Mrs onassis was unmoved by the storm of public opinion. She declared: "Let this day be the happiest day of my life." Her relatives and friends explained that she was looking for warmth and support. She wants to forget about America and those killers ... but people think it's just an excuse. A strange Jacqueline has become the material of public discussion: people say she is greedy, stingy, extravagant and selfish. In search of "Jacqueline's anecdote", people asked her former secretary, servant, deliveryman, paperhanger and furniture worker ... People accused her of abandoning her friends unreasonably, saying that she was willful, irritable, supercilious and mysterious. What is being vilified now is exactly what was worshipped in the past. Scandal magazine also published nude photos of her on Voss Island, Scobie, taken with a telescope. People say, "She found a grandfather for her child."
She didn't protest, and her silence and unchanging smile will always be her best defense. With Kennedy, politics is her opponent; With onassis, business trumps everything. Onassis is like a whirlwind. He traveled around the world to take care of his kingdom. Husband and wife seldom get together. Their tastes are also very different: onassis is used to nightlife, so she blames Jacqueline for going to bed too early; Onassis's family is very rich, but she is worried that Jacqueline will spend too much. Soon, onassis accused Jacqueline of being a cold and shallow intellectual. Jacqueline loves reading Machiavelli, Cervantes and Montaigne, while onassis always drinks and listens to Greek music to kill time. This is by no means a real marriage. At best, it is a marriage. Strangely, it was onassis who got bored first, and finally avoided the divorce after seven years of marriage because of his death.
She will always be a mystery. Whether she likes it or not, she has become a part of American folk mythology. For Americans, Jacqueline is a national celebrity, a superstar, and a heroine in plays and movies: a woman who is ashamed but not afraid of public opinion, and a free woman. She is rich, but she doesn't want to idle away her time. She worked as an independent publisher in an American publishing company for five years, earning the same salary as her colleagues. At first, it was 200 dollars a week. She has neither a car nor a driver. She walks or takes a taxi to work, has lunch in the office or snack bar, and goes home around 6 pm. She seldom goes out, only goes to the ballet, concert or opera. Go to bed at 9 o'clock every Wednesday night and read until late at night. She may get married for the third time or be widowed for a long time, but she doesn't want others to tell her what to do in her future life. What she believes and practices is: "I was not born to dominate others, nor to bear the burden of humiliation." My life is just my own business. "