HOW LOVE KEPT JACKIE GOING

WITH TWO YOUNG KIDS THE WIDOW HAD NO OPTION BUT TO SURVIVE

It’s hard to believe this November marks 60 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While his murder has gone down as one of the darkest days in US history, the courage shown by his widow, Jacqueline, in the aftermath gave the first lady her own legacy upon her 1994 death.

Imagery of Jackie wearing her blood-stained Chanel suit to bravely front media following JFK’s death are etched in our minds. Yet it was her devotion to their two children, Caroline and John Jr, that those closest to Jackie regard as her defining moment in life.

On December 1, 1963, barely two weeks after Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK in Dallas, Texas, Jackie arrived at the White House to collect his belongings. Reports at the time claimed

staff wept as they assisted the now single mother, but Jackie, then just 34, didn’t shed a tear.