Jackie Kennedy

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Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

FIRST LADY TO JOHN F. KENNEDY // #35

  • Would give a “PBO” (Polite Brush Off) when she didn’t want to do something.

  • Once dressed up in a garment bag for Halloween in an attempt to bring her kids trick or treating with some anonymity and normalcy. Her cover was blown when the Secret Service was spotted.

  • One of only two First Ladies to remarry after being widowed.

  • Asked LBJ to name the space center after JFK.

  • Just 64 when she died.

  • Still working as a book editor a few days a week up until she died.

  • Buried in Arlington National Cemetery with JFK and two of their children.

Jackie Kennedy was still working as a book editor until shortly before she died.
Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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