Editing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (section)

=== Campaign for presidency ===
[[File:KennedysElectionDayBoston.png|thumb|left|Kennedy and her husband voting at the [[Boston Public Library]] on Election Day, {{ca|November 8, 1960}}]]
On January 2, 1960, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, announced his candidacy for the presidency at the [[Russell Senate Office Building]], and launched his campaign nationwide. In the early months of the election year, Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied her husband to campaign events such as whistle-stops and dinners.<ref>Spoto, p. 152.</ref> Shortly after the campaign began, she became pregnant. Due to her previous high-risk pregnancies, she decided to stay at home in Georgetown.<ref>Beasley, p. 72.</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Molly Meijer|last=Wertheime|title=Inventing a Voice: The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century|year=2004}}</ref> Jacqueline subsequently participated in the campaign by writing a weekly syndicated newspaper column, "Campaign Wife", answering correspondence, and giving interviews to the media.<ref name=jfklibrary/>

Despite her non-participation in the campaign, Kennedy became the subject of intense media attention with her fashion choices.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|last1=Mulvagh|first1=Jane|work=The Independent|date=May 20, 1994|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jacqueline-kennedy-onassis-1437396.html|archive-date=October 20, 2020|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020235732/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jacqueline-kennedy-onassis-1437396.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On one hand, she was admired for her personal style; she was frequently featured in women's magazines alongside film stars and named as one of the 12 best-dressed women in the world.<ref name=Beasleyfashion>Beasley, pp. 72–76.</ref> On the other hand, her preference for French designers and her spending on her wardrobe brought her negative press.<ref name=Beasleyfashion/> In order to downplay her wealthy background, Kennedy stressed the amount of work she was doing for the campaign and declined to publicly discuss her clothing choices.<ref name=Beasleyfashion/>

On July 13, at the [[1960 Democratic National Convention]] in Los Angeles, the party nominated John F. Kennedy for president. Jacqueline did not attend the nomination due to her pregnancy, which had been publicly announced ten days earlier.<ref name=Spoto155>Spoto, pp. 155–157.</ref> She was in Hyannis Port when she watched the September 26, 1960 [[1960 United States presidential debates|debate]]—which was the nation's first televised presidential debate—between her husband and Republican candidate [[Richard Nixon]], who was the incumbent vice president. Marian Cannon, the wife of Arthur Schlesinger, watched the debate with her. Days after the debates, Jacqueline Kennedy contacted Schlesinger and informed him that John wanted his aid along with that of [[John Kenneth Galbraith]] in preparing for the third debate on October 13; she wished for them to give her husband new ideas and speeches.<ref>Schlesinger, p. 69.</ref>{{which|date=June 2022}} On September 29, 1960, the Kennedys appeared together for a joint interview on ''[[Person to Person]]'', interviewed by [[Charles Collingwood (journalist)|Charles Collingwood]].<ref name=Spoto155/>