Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was an influential figure in the United State due to her great contribution to political life as the First Lady of the United States, as well as her active work in social and cultural fields. Despite the hardships she experienced, including her husband John Kennedy’s assassination and challenges in her personal life, Mrs. Kennedy managed to overcome those and become an American fashion and cultural icon (Raatma 8). She was acknowledged for her great contributions in architecture, her strong character trait, exceptional style, grace, and elegance. Although she had a dynamic and bright life and was considered a celebrity, Jacqueline Kennedy remained faithful to her family and children, which made her one of the American’s most outstanding First Ladies. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born to a wealthy and prosperous family of Janet and Jack Bouvier. Being the eldest child in the family, she had a younger sister Lee Bouvier (Mattern 6). However, when Jacqueline was 11, she experienced the first difficulties while witnessing her parents’ separation and divorce (Mattern 8). Despite the negative experience the child had after her parents’ divorce, Jacqueline had many privileges at school and at home. She participated in many events and took piano and ballet classes. The future First Lady was well educated at privileged Chapin School for Girls (Mattern 9). Jacqueline enjoyed studies because it created many opportunities for self-fulfillment and determination; she was also fond of writing and reading poem that has a significant influence on personality development. At the age of 13, Jacqueline moved with her new family to McLean, Virginia (Mattern 10). Their mother’s new husband, High Auchincloss, was also a wealthy man and, therefore, she was never in need. In two years, the girl moved to Connecticut and entered a boarding school. This was the first time when she tried herself in journalism. Kennedy’s early years were quite active due to many universities and colleges she attended. While studying at Miss Porter’s school, most of the teachers found Miss Bouvier as irreverent, highly intelligent, and strong-willed. After two years of study, the young woman entered the Sorbonne and the University of Grenoble (Kennedy n. p.). When she returned home, she graduated from the Washington University. There, Jacqueline also managed to succeed and win Vogue’s Prix de Paris for her design of a sample issue and a written piece called People I Wish I Had Known (Kennedy n. p.). Due to her success in the field, Jacqueline had received a beneficial proposition from New York and Paris Vogue’s publishers to work as a junior editor. However, she declined this offer to have applied for the position of inquiring photographer for the Washington Times- Herald . While working as a photographer, Jacqueline met his husband for the first time in 1948. In two years, she met John Kennedy and was officially introduced to him by her family friend Charles Bartlett at his brother’s Long Island wedding ceremony. The acquaintance was followed by the marriage of Jacqueline and the future President of the United States. Since, a new period of Mrs. Kennedy’s life had begun to provide her with a valuable experience and stronger character. Due to the fact that the position of