Before my time, but was Jackie Kennedy really all that good? I understand she was interested in history and preservation, and some say she is responsible for that movement in America (preserving cultural sites, old buildings, etc). Which is cool, if true.

My impression of her is that she was raised a spoiled rich girl, dutifully married a rich guy with presidential ambitions, was very pretty and glamorous, and also very superficial (i.e. I once read that she would not even allow John F to see her without makeup).

I haven't studied her, so freely admit I could be completely wrong. That's just the snippets I recall from around 6 decades living in the USA.

(I also never understood the "Camelot" thing. John made some bonehead moves. He was charismatic, and I credit him for serving on a PT boat in the war when his dad could have gotten him out of combat duty. But what did he really accomplish, except perhaps initiating the program that lead to Apollo? He also royally messed-up in Cuba.)

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