Editing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (section)

===Historical assessments===
In 2020, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine included her name on its list of 100 Women of the Year. She was named Woman of the Year 1962 for her efforts in uplifting American history and art.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/5793609/jacqueline-kennedy-100-women-of-the-year/|title=1962: Jacqueline Kennedy|magazine=Time|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=March 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319162327/https://time.com/5793609/jacqueline-kennedy-100-women-of-the-year/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is seen as being customary in her role as first lady,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.aol.com/article/2016/01/30/who-will-the-next-first-lady-or-first-gentleman-of-the-us-be/21304258/ | title=Who will the next first lady (or first gentleman) of the US be? | first=Morgan | last=Whitaker | website=AOL | date=January 30, 2016 | archive-date=December 27, 2021 | access-date=December 27, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227101349/https://www.aol.com/article/2016/01/30/who-will-the-next-first-lady-or-first-gentleman-of-the-us-be/21304258/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-17/vitamins-and-caviar-getting-to-know-melania-trump |title=Vitamins & Caviar: Getting to Know Melania Trump |first=Emily |last=Greenhouse |work=Bloomberg Politics |date=August 17, 2015 |access-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-date=August 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830095105/http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-17/vitamins-and-caviar-getting-to-know-melania-trump |url-status=live }}</ref> though Frank N. Magill argued that her life was validation that "fame and celebrity" changed the way that first ladies are evaluated historically.<ref>Magill, p. 2817.</ref> [[Hamish Bowles]], curator of the "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years" exhibit at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], attributed her popularity to a sense of unknown that was felt in her withdrawal from the public which he dubbed "immensely appealing".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-enduring-legacy-of-jacqueline-kennedy-a-master-at-shaping-public-appearance/2013/11/19/1d70ce78-457e-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html|title=The enduring legacy of Jacqueline Kennedy, a master at shaping public appearance|access-date=November 20, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 19, 2013|first=DeNeen L.|last=Brown|archive-date=November 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121051354/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-enduring-legacy-of-jacqueline-kennedy-a-master-at-shaping-public-appearance/2013/11/19/1d70ce78-457e-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After her death, Kelly Barber referred to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as "the most intriguing woman in the world", furthering that her stature was also due to her affiliation with valuable causes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2004&dat=19940608&id=uLoiAAAAIBAJ&pg=4916,1712143|first=Kelly|last=Barber|title=Jackie Kennedy was a role model|date=June 8, 1994|department=Letters to the Editor|work=Allegheny Times|via=Google News|archive-date=May 19, 2021|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519164706/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2004&dat=19940608&id=uLoiAAAAIBAJ&pg=4916,1712143|url-status=live}}</ref> Historian Carl Sferrazza Anthony summarized that the former first lady "became an aspirational figure of that era, one whose privilege might not be easily reached by a majority of Americans but which others could strive to emulate".<ref name=NationalGeographic/> Since the late 2000s, Onassis's traditional persona has been invoked by commentators when referring to fashionable political spouses.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0323/Is-Melania-Trump-the-next-Jackie-Kennedy-video|title=Is Melania Trump the next Jackie Kennedy? (+video)|date=March 23, 2016|first=Lisa|last=Suhay|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=April 2, 2016|archive-date=March 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331072441/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0323/Is-Melania-Trump-the-next-Jackie-Kennedy-video|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/why-michelle-obama-not-next-jackie-o-85219|title=Why Michelle Obama Is Not the Next Jackie O|date=November 28, 2008|first=Katie|last=Connolly|work=Newsweek|archive-date=April 4, 2016|access-date=April 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404041223/http://www.newsweek.com/why-michelle-obama-not-next-jackie-o-85219|url-status=live}}</ref> A wide variety of commentators have positively credited the work of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in restoring the White House, including [[Hugh Sidey]],<ref name=NationalGeographic/><ref>{{cite book|title=Regarding Heroes|first1=Yousuf|last1=Karsh|first2=David|last2=Travis|year=2009|page=170|publisher=David R Godine|isbn=978-1-56792-359-9}}</ref> [[Letitia Baldrige]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jacqueline-kennedy-onassis-dies-1994-article-1.2219628|title=Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies in 1994|date=May 18, 2015|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York|archive-date=February 22, 2016|access-date=February 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222143656/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jacqueline-kennedy-onassis-dies-1994-article-1.2219628|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Laura Bush]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Spoken From the Heart|pages=[https://archive.org/details/spokenfromheart00bush/page/183 183.]|first=Laura|last=Bush|author-link=Laura Bush|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-1-4391-5520-2|year=2010|url=https://archive.org/details/spokenfromheart00bush/page/183}}</ref> Kathleen P. Galop,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservationnation.org/forum/library/public-articles/the-historic-preservation-legacy-of.html|title=The Historic Preservation Legacy of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|date=Spring 2006|first=Kathleen P.|last=Galop|work=Forum Journal|publisher=[[National Trust for Historic Preservation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306233932/http://www.preservationnation.org/forum/library/public-articles/the-historic-preservation-legacy-of.html|archive-date=March 6, 2016|access-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Carl Anthony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstladies.org/blog/jackie-kennedy-interviewoverview/|title=The Political and Public Influence of Jacqueline Kennedy|first=Carl|last=Anthony|publisher=firstladies.org|date=September 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301032846/http://www.firstladies.org/blog/jackie-kennedy-interviewoverview/|archive-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref>

Since 1982 [[Siena College Research Institute]] has periodically conducted surveys asking historians to assess American first ladies according to a cumulative score on the independent criteria of their background, value to the country, [[intelligence]], [[courage]], accomplishments, [[integrity]], [[leadership]], being their own women, public image, and value to the president. Consistently, Onassis has ranked among the three-eight highly regarded first ladies in these surveys.<ref name="Siena2014">{{cite web |title=Eleanor Roosevelt Retains Top Spot as America's Best First Lady Michelle Obama Enters Study as 5th, Hillary Clinton Drops to 6th Clinton Seen First Lady Most as Presidential Material; Laura Bush, Pat Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman Could Have Done More in Office Eleanor & FDR Top Power Couple; Mary Drags Lincolns Down in the Ratings |url=https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FirstLadies2014Release_Final.pdf |website=scri.siena.edu |publisher=Siena Research Institute |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=February 15, 2014 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327181939/https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FirstLadies2014Release_Final.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In terms of cumulative assessment, Onassis has been ranked:
*8th-best of 42 in 1982<ref name="Siena2014"/>
*7th-best of 37 in 1993<ref name="Siena2014"/>
*4th-best of 38 in 2003<ref name="Siena2014"/>
*3rd-best of 38 in 2008<ref name="Siena2014"/>
*3rd-best of 39 in 2014<ref name="Siena2014"/>
*4th-best of 40 in 2020<ref name="Siena2020results">{{cite web |title=Copy of FirstLadies_Full Rankings_working_dl_2.xls |url=https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/First-Ladies-Full-Rankings-2020.pdf |website=scri.siena.edu |publisher=Siena Research Institute |access-date=March 11, 2025 |date=2020 |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413013554/https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/First-Ladies-Full-Rankings-2020.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2008 Siena Research Institute survey, Onassis was ranked in the top-five of all criteria, ranking the 2nd-highest in background, 4th-highest in intelligence, 2nd-highest in value to the country, 4th-highest in being her "own woman", 4th-highest in integrity, 5th-highest in her accomplishments, 2nd-highest in [[courage]], 4th-highest in leadership, 1st in public image, and 3rd-highest in her value to the president.<ref name="2008Siena">{{cite web |title=Ranking America's First Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt Still #1 Abigail Adams Regains 2nd Place Hillary moves from 5th to 4th; Jackie Kennedy from 4th to 3rd Mary Todd Lincoln Remains in 36th |url=https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FL_2008Release.pdf |publisher=Siena Research Institute |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=December 18, 2008 |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222164606/https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FL_2008Release.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2003 survey, Onassis made the top-five in half of the categories, being ranked 1st-highest in background, 5th-highest in intelligence, 4th-highest in courage, 4th-highest in value to the country, and 1st-highest in public image.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranking America's First Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt Still #1 Abigail Adams Regains 2nd Place Hillary moves from 2nd to 5th; Jackie Kennedy from 7th to 4th Mary Todd Lincoln Up From Usual Last Place |url=https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ranking20americas20first20ladies.pdf |website=scri.siena.edu |publisher=Siena College Research Center |access-date=October 23, 2022 |date=September 29, 2003 |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208161720/https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ranking20americas20first20ladies.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2014 Siena Research Institute survey, in the rankings of 20th and 21st century American first ladies in additional survey questions, Onassis was ranked 2nd-highest for management of family life, 4th-highest for advancement of women's issues, 3rd-greatest as a political asset, 4th-strongest public communicator, and 2nd-highest for creation of a lasting legacy.<ref name="Siena2014"/> In the 2014 survey, Onassis and her first husband were also ranked the 6th-highest out of 39 first couples in terms of being a "power couple".<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Power Couple Score |url=https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Appendix_C_Power_Couples.pdf |website=scri.siena.edu/ |publisher=Siena Research Institute/C-SPAN Study of the First Ladies of the United States |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327132048/https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Appendix_C_Power_Couples.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1982 Siena College Research Institute survey, Onassis had been ranked the lowest in the criteria of integrity. In subsequent iterations of the survey, historians' regard for her integrity markedly improved. The initial disapproving view of her integrity may have been due to sentiments towards her marriage to Aristotle Onassis. Historians' overall opinions towards Onassis as a whole appear to have become more favorable in the subsequent years as she, in her second widowhood, demonstrated her independence with her career in publishing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton Top First Lady Poll |url=https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Press-Release-1.10.94.pdf |website=scri.siena.edu |publisher=Siena College |access-date=October 23, 2022 |date=January 10, 1994 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108043708/https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Press-Release-1.10.94.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>