Behind the façade of Jackie Kennedy: Aloof, calculating, hosted wild parties & left it to nanny to tell her kid's about
The public Jackie Kennedy was soft-spoken, elegant and had great charm and sophistication. But behind closed doors the iconic first lady was aloof and ruthless, and left it to the nanny to deliver the news to little Caroline and John that their father, the president, had been assassinated.share
The Kennedys were not what they appeared to be, a new biography reveals.
'Their identities were carefully constructed idealizations that exemplified the highest qualities of American life, including personal qualities that neither the president nor the first lady always displayed when backstage at the White House', writes leading presidential historian and professor Michael J. Hogan in The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Biography.
Despite her charm and popularity with the American people, Jackie Kennedy struggled with the insecurity of her early family life, which left her closed off and reluctant to share her true self with others.