
During her years as first lady, 1961 to 1963, she
established the office of White House curator, formed a Fine Arts Committee of
art connoisseurs and historians to track down original White House art and furnishings,
launched the White House Historical Association, and created a White House
guidebook.
She was especially noted for her CBS-televised tour of the
White House on Valentine’s Day 1962 in which he explained many of the changes
that she had undertaken. For her role in
this documentary, which was the first on television for a woman, she was
awarded an Emmy.
In her post-presidential years, she remarried, was chased by
paparazzi and reluctantly the focus of the media. But she also was a successful editor at
Viking Press and then Doubleday, bringing books from a diverse group of writers
to publication, and also helped to save Grand Central Station in New York City
from the wrecking ball.
While other first ladies had different focuses during their
White House years—some of which were especially noteworthy—Jackie Kennedy
retains a special place in twentieth-century American presidential history.
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