Editing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (section)

=== College and early career ===
In the fall of 1947, Jacqueline Bouvier entered [[Vassar College]] in [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]], at that time a women's institution.<ref>Pottker, pp. 113–114</ref> She had wanted to attend [[Sarah Lawrence College]], closer to New York City, but her parents insisted that she choose the more isolated Vassar.<ref>Pottker, pp. 113–114; Leaming, pp. 10–11.</ref> She was an accomplished student who participated in the school's art and drama clubs and wrote for its newspaper.<ref name=NYTobituary/><ref name=Spoto67>Spoto, pp. 67–68.</ref> Due to her dislike of Vassar's location in Poughkeepsie, she did not take an active part in its social life and instead traveled back to Manhattan for the weekends.<ref>Pottker, p. 116; Leaming, pp. 14–15.</ref> She had made her debut to [[High society (group)|high society]] in the summer before entering college and became a frequent presence in New York social functions. Hearst columnist [[Igor Cassini]] dubbed her the "[[Debutante#United States|debutante]] of the year".<ref>Leaming, pp. 14–15.</ref> She spent her junior year (1949–1950) in France—at the [[University of Grenoble]] in [[Grenoble]], and at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in Paris—in a study-abroad program through [[Smith College]].<ref>Leaming, p. 17.</ref> Upon returning home, she transferred to [[George Washington University]] in Washington, D.C., graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[French literature]] in 1951.<ref name="FirstLadies">{{cite web | title = First Lady Biography: Jackie Kennedy | url = http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=36 | work = First Ladies' Biographical Information | access-date = February 21, 2012 | archive-date = May 23, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170523150207/http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=36 | url-status = dead }}</ref> During the early years of her marriage to John F. Kennedy, she took continuing education classes in [[American history]] at [[Georgetown University]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="FirstLadies" />

While attending George Washington, Jacqueline Bouvier won a twelve-month junior editorship at ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' magazine; she had been selected over several hundred other women nationwide.<ref name=prixdeparis>Leaming (2014), pp. 19–21</ref> The position entailed working for six months in the magazine's New York City office and spending the remaining six months in Paris.<ref name=prixdeparis/> Before beginning the job, she celebrated her college graduation and her sister Lee's high school graduation by traveling with her to Europe for the summer.<ref name=prixdeparis/> The trip was the subject of her only autobiography, ''One Special Summer'', co-authored with Lee; it is also the only one of her published works to feature Jacqueline Bouvier's drawings.<ref>{{cite book|title=One Special Summer|location=New York City|publisher=[[Delacorte Press]]|year=1974 | isbn = 978-0-440-06037-6 |last1=Onassis |first1=Jacqueline Kennedy |last2=Radziwill |first2=Lee Bouvier |author-link2=Lee Radziwill}}</ref> On her first day at ''Vogue'', the managing editor advised her to quit and go back to Washington. According to biographer [[Barbara Leaming]], the editor was concerned about Bouvier's marriage prospects; she was 22 years of age and was considered too old to be single in her social circles. She followed the advice, left the job and returned to Washington after only one day of work.<ref name="prixdeparis"/>

Bouvier moved back to Merrywood and was referred by a family friend to the ''[[Washington Times-Herald]]'', where editor Frank Waldrop hired her as a part-time receptionist.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spoto |first1=Donald |title=Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life |date=2000 |publisher=Macmillan |via=Google Books |isbn=978-0-312-24650-1 |pages=88–89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_dm1DTx6SMC&q=Frank+Waldrop+Bouvier&pg=PA89}}</ref> A week later she requested more challenging work, and Waldrop sent her to city editor Sidney Epstein, who hired her as an "Inquiring Camera Girl" despite her inexperience, paying her $25 a week.<ref>Tracy, pp. 72–73.</ref> He recalled, "I remember her as this very attractive, cute-as-hell girl, and all the guys in the newsroom giving her a good look."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adam |title=Washington Star Editor Sidney Epstein Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/09/18/washington-star-editor-sidney-epstein-dies/6f06a76f-c654-4d31-97a3-c3aef657360b/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=February 21, 2020 |date=September 18, 2002 |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222034851/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/09/18/washington-star-editor-sidney-epstein-dies/6f06a76f-c654-4d31-97a3-c3aef657360b/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The position required her to pose witty questions to individuals chosen at random on the street and take their pictures for publication in the newspaper alongside selected quotations from their responses.<ref name=NYTobituary/> In addition to the random "[[man on the street]]" vignettes, she sometimes sought interviews with people of interest, such as six-year-old [[Tricia Nixon]]. Bouvier interviewed Tricia a few days after her father [[Richard Nixon]] was elected to the vice presidency in the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952 election]].<ref>Beasley, p. 79; Adler, pp. 20–21.</ref> During this time, Bouvier was briefly engaged to a young stockbroker named John Husted. After only a month of dating, the couple published the announcement in ''[[The New York Times]]'' in January 1952.<ref>Leaming (2014), p. 25.</ref> After three months, she called off the engagement because she had found him "immature and boring" once she got to know him better.<ref name=Spoto89>Spoto, pp. 89–91.</ref><ref>Tracy, p. 70.</ref>