Upon her return to the US she got a job as a photojournalist for the Washington Times-Herald, a bold and unexpected move for a woman born into wealth and privilege who was expected to marry a rich husband. They show Jackie relaxing while studying abroad in Europe in 1949, a trip that expanded her view of the world and taught her fluent French.Īlthough still a teenager, she had already begun to escape her domineering and manipulative parents and 'understand who she was and what she wanted.'Ĭamera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, by Carl Sferrazza Anthony will be released on May 2 It includes rarely seen photos of Jackie's early years as well as intimate photos of the first couple, provided to by publishers Gallery Books. The new biography written by Carl Sferrazza Anthony, will be published May 2. In an incisive and revealing letter to a friend included in the book, she wrote: 'He's like my father in a way – loves the chase and is bored with the conquest – and once married needs proof he's still attractive so flirts with other women and resents you'. In fact, Jackie's adulterous father, John 'Black Jack' Bouvier, had drummed it into her that 'all men are rats', and she would never divorce her husband after her own parents' separation nearly 'killed' her mother. Kennedy had been dating 'several girls' while campaigning for his Senate seat, but at some point in 1952 he realized she was the one he wanted to marry
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