Editing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (section)

== Marriage to John F. Kennedy ==
{{further|Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier}}
[[File:Toni Frissell, John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier on their wedding day, 1953.jpg|thumb|Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy on their wedding day, September 12, 1953]]

Jacqueline and [[U.S. Representative]] [[John F. Kennedy]] met at a dinner party hosted by journalist [[Charles L. Bartlett (journalist)|Charles L. Bartlett]] in May 1952.<ref name=NYTobituary/> She was attracted to Kennedy's physical appearance, wit and wealth. The pair also shared the similarities of Catholicism, writing, enjoying reading and having previously lived abroad.<ref name=O>O'Brien, pp. 265–266</ref> Kennedy was busy running for the [[United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1952|U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts]]; the relationship grew more serious and he proposed to her after the November election. Bouvier took some time to accept, because she had been assigned to cover the [[coronation of Elizabeth II]] in London for ''The Washington Times-Herald''.<ref name=jfklibrary/>

After a month in Europe, she returned to the United States and accepted Kennedy's marriage proposal. She then resigned from her position at the newspaper.<ref>Harris, pp. 548–549.</ref> Their engagement was officially announced on June 25, 1953. She was 24 and he was 36.<ref name="NYTEngagement">{{cite news|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/06/25/issue.html|title=Senator Kennedy to marry in fall|date=June 25, 1953|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=31|access-date=November 29, 2015|url-access=subscription|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029031949/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/06/25/issue.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Alam, p. 8.</ref>
Bouvier and Kennedy married on September 12, 1953, at [[St. Mary's Church (Newport, Rhode Island)|St. Mary's Church]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], in a [[Mass (Catholic Church)|Mass]] celebrated by [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|Boston's Archbishop]] [[Richard Cushing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wedding of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JKO-Fast-Facts/Wedding-Details.aspx|website=jfklibrary.org|publisher=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum|access-date=February 6, 2016|archive-date=February 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206233457/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JKO-Fast-Facts/Wedding-Details.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The wedding was considered the social event of the season with an estimated 700 guests at the ceremony and 1,200 at the reception that followed at [[Hammersmith Farm]].<ref>[http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK+Library+and+Museum/News+and+Press/Special+Exhibit+Celebrates+50th+Anniversary+of+the+Wedding+of+Jacqueline+Bouvier+and+John+F+Kennedy.htm jfklibrary.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208234215/http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK+Library+and+Museum/News+and+Press/Special+Exhibit+Celebrates+50th+Anniversary+of+the+Wedding+of+Jacqueline+Bouvier+and+John+F+Kennedy.htm |date=February 8, 2009 }}, Special Exhibit Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Wedding of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy.</ref> The [[Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier|wedding dress]] was designed by [[Ann Lowe]] of New York City, and is now housed in the [[Kennedy Presidential Library]] in Boston. The dresses of her attendants were also created by Lowe, who was not credited by Jacqueline Kennedy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reed Miller |first=Rosemary E. |title=The Threads of Time|year=2007 |publisher=T & S Press | isbn = 978-0-9709713-0-2 }}</ref>

[[File:John F. Kennedy after spinal surgery cph.3c33052.jpg|left|upright|The Kennedys after John's spinal surgery, December 1954|thumb]]

The newlyweds honeymooned in [[Acapulco]], Mexico, before settling in their new home, [[Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia)|Hickory Hill]] in [[McLean, Virginia]], a suburb of Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite book| author = Smith, Sally Bedell |title=Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House| url = https://archive.org/details/gracepowerprivat00smit | url-access = registration |year=2004 |publisher=Random House | isbn = 978-0-375-50449-5 |author-link= Sally Bedell Smith}}</ref> Kennedy developed a warm relationship with her parents-in-law, [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.|Joseph]] and [[Rose Kennedy]].<ref name=OBrien295>O'Brien, pp. 295–296.</ref><ref name=Mrs.Kennedy31>Leaming (2001), pp. 31–32.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/05/13/finding_her_way_in_the_clan/?page=full|title=Finding her way in the clan Diaries, letters reveal a more complex Kennedy matriarch|date=May 13, 2007|newspaper=Boston Globe|first=Kevin|last=Gullen|archive-date=March 5, 2016|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305141930/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/05/13/finding_her_way_in_the_clan/?page=full|url-status=live}}</ref> In the early years of their marriage, the couple faced several personal setbacks. John Kennedy suffered from [[Addison's disease]] and from chronic and at times debilitating back pain, which had been exacerbated by a war injury; in late 1954, he underwent a near-fatal spinal operation.<ref name="Dallek">Dallek, Robert. ''An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963''. Back Bay Books, pp. 99–106, 113, 195–197 (2004).</ref> Additionally, Jacqueline Kennedy suffered a [[miscarriage]] in 1955 and in August 1956 gave birth to a stillborn daughter, Arabella.<ref name="Reference1A">{{cite magazine|title=Big Year for the Clan|magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 26, 1963}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1956/08/24/archives/mrs-kennedy-loses-her-baby.html |title=Mrs. Kennedy Loses Her Baby|date=August 24, 1956|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> They subsequently sold their Hickory Hill estate to Kennedy's brother [[Robert F. Kennedy|Robert]], who occupied it with his wife [[Ethel Kennedy|Ethel]] and their growing family, and bought a townhouse on N Street in [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]].<ref name=Pottker7 /> The Kennedys also resided at an apartment at 122 [[Bowdoin Street]] in [[Boston]], their permanent [[Massachusetts]] residence during John's congressional career.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Logevall |first1=Fredrik |title=JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 |date=2020 |publisher=Random House |pages=443–444}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Shaw |first1=John T. |title=JFK in the Senate |date=October 15, 2013 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-0-230-34183-8 |page=15}}</ref>

Kennedy gave birth to daughter [[Caroline Kennedy|Caroline]] on November 27, 1957.<ref name="Reference1A" /> At the time, she and her husband were campaigning across Massachusetts for his [[1958 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|re-election to the Senate]], and they posed with their infant daughter for the cover of the April 21, 1958, issue of ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine.<ref>Leaming (2014), p. 90.</ref>{{efn|At first she had opposed the magazine's offer of the cover, not wanting the baby to be used to benefit her husband's political career, but she had changed her mind in exchange for a promise from her father-in-law that John would stop campaigning during the summer to go to Paris with her.<ref>Heymann, p. 61.</ref>}}{{which|date=July 2018}} They traveled together during the campaign as part of their efforts to reduce the physical separation that had characterized the first five years of their marriage. Soon enough, John Kennedy started to notice the value his wife added to his congressional campaign. [[Kenneth O'Donnell]] remembered "the size of the crowd was twice as big" when she accompanied her husband; he also recalled her as "always cheerful and obliging". John's mother Rose, however, observed that Jacqueline was not "a natural-born campaigner" due to her shyness and was uncomfortable with too much attention.<ref>Spoto, pp. 142–144.</ref> In November 1958, John was reelected to a second term. He credited Jacqueline's visibility in the ads and stumping as vital assets in securing his victory and called her "simply invaluable".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iagreetosee.com/portfolio/jackie-kennedys-campaign-ad-appearance-1960-presidential-election/|title=Jackie Kennedy's Campaign Ad Appearance, before the 1960 Presidential Election|publisher=iagreetosee.com|archive-date=August 21, 2017|access-date=December 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821083331/http://www.iagreetosee.com/portfolio/jackie-kennedys-campaign-ad-appearance-1960-presidential-election/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Hunt and Batcher, p. 167.</ref>

In July 1959, historian [[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.]] visited the [[Kennedy Compound]] in [[Hyannis Port, Massachusetts]] and had his first conversation with Jacqueline Kennedy; he found her to have "tremendous awareness, an all-seeing eye and a ruthless judgment".<ref>Schlesinger (1978), p. 17.</ref> That year, John Kennedy traveled to 14 states, but Jacqueline took long breaks from the trips to spend time with their daughter, Caroline. She also counseled her husband on improving his wardrobe in preparation for the presidential campaign planned for the following year.<ref>Spoto, p. 146.</ref> In particular, she traveled to [[Louisiana]] to visit Edmund Reggie and to help her husband garner support in the state for his presidential bid.<ref>{{cite news|first=Chelsea|last=Brasted|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/jfk_owes_credit_to_louisiana_f.html |title=JFK owes credit to Louisiana for winning 1960 presidential election|date=November 18, 2013|work=The Times-Picayune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122032516/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/jfk_owes_credit_to_louisiana_f.html |archive-date=November 22, 2013|access-date=February 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>