Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot (88 page)

competitiveness of,
14
–16,
47
,
58
cooking abilities lacked by,
89
courtship of,
52
–54,
428

in crises,
242
–48,
347
,
480
–83,

489
–90,
538
–44,
548
–49,
551
,

555
–62,
565

dinners attended by,
141
–43,
247
–48,

329
–30

on divorce,
83
–84,
277
,
514
–15,
626
drinking problem of,
626

drugs taken by,
474
–75 eccentricities of,
141
–43

education of,
50
–52,
114
–15

in elections and campaigns,
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–10,
15
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22
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42
,
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–60,

152
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emotional turmoils of,
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,

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520
,
542
–44,

580
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–36

engagement ring of,
53
–54

Kennedy, Ethel Skakel (
cont.
) family loyalty of,
15

financial concerns of,
101
–3,
189
,

494
–97

gifts given by,
445

gifts given to,
497
,
516
,
517
–18

house-hunting of,
250
–52

illnesses of,
58
,
559
–61

J.B. Kennedy’s relationship with,
3
,
28
,
147
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411
–12,
429
,
456
,
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519
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528
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594
,
603
–5,
626
–29,
634

jealousy of,
104
,
456
,
508

J. Onassis’s relationship with,
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–4,
15
,
16
–18,
30
,
39
–41,
45
,
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340
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344
,
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432
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470
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492
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511
–21,
530
,
556
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580
–83,
596
–98,
604
–6,
628
,
634
–36

luncheons attended by,
271
–72,
303
,

366
–69,
446
–49,
492
–94

marital relations of,
15
–21,
43
–49,

55
–62,
67
,
76
–79,
81
–82,
95
–96,

104
–6,
110
,
170
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181
–83,

427
–28,
432
,
452
,
620

parties attended by,
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–45,

197
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,
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,
407
,

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,
452
–53,
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,
508
–9

pet sea lion of,
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physical appearance of,
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,
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,
40
,

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,
55
,
58
,
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,
96
,
148
,
153
,
201
,

464
–65,
507
–8

pregnancies of,
58
–60,
94
,
226
,
230
,

259
–65,
271
,
277
,
435
,
475
,
480
,

491
–93,
507
–8,
510
,
516
–21,
631

in present,
627
–28

relationship between press and,
16
–17,
200
–201,
206
,
428
–30,

443
,
510
–11,
519
–21,
543
–44

religious beliefs of,
52
–53,
56
,
84
,

106
,
110
,
184
,
247
,
268
,
309
–11,

340
,
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,
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,
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491
–93,

514
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519
–20,
542
–43,
584
,

626

romances of,
509
–15

sadness of,
582
–83

self-image of,
106
sense of humor of,
148

sex life of,
55
–57,
117
,
286
–87 solitude needed by,
18

strength and self-control of,
311
,
340
–41,
563

suicide considered by,
494
wardrobe of,
40
,
78
–79,
421
,
574
wedding night of,
56
–57 wedding of,
54
–56,
120
–21

Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier,
see
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy Kennedy, Joan Bennett (Virginia):

appendectomy of,
398

awards and honors of,
113
–14 birth of,
109
–11

candor of,
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–7

charity work of,
374
,
420
–21

childhood of,
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–14,
205

children raised by,
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,
488
,
532
,

588
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592
,
595
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622

compassion of,
109

courtship of,
113
–19

in crises,
242
,
249
,
387
–95,
473
,
479
,

480
–81,
486
–87,
528
–29,
537
,

565
,
567
,
600
–601

dinners attended by,
252
–53,
327
–33

divorce of,
621
–22,
624
–25,
634

drinking problem of,
198
–99,
255
,

346
,
372
–74,
401
,
411
,
489
,

545
–46,
552
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557
,
567
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575
,
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600
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606
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611
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621
–25

drugs taken by,
376

education of,
112
–21,
231
,
622

in elections and campaigns,
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16
,

28
–30,
152
,
160
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231
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,

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411
,
419
,
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,
576
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emotional turmoils of,
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,
346
,
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,

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,
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,
391
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–89,

528
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539
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544
–47,
551
–57,

567
–69,
573
–74,
595

engagement of,
117
–19 engagement ring of,
54

E.S. Kennedy’s relationship with,
3
,
28
,
148
–50,
411
–12,
429
,
456
,
493
–94,
519
–21,
528
–29,
556
–57,

566
–67,
584
,
587
–89,
593
,
603
–5,

626
–28,
634

European tour of,
409
–16,
419
–21,

473
,
478

father idolized by,
112
fatigue of,
43

faux pas
of,
202
–6 hospitalization of,
569
–73

house-hunting of,
251
–52

J. Onassis’s relationship with,
2
–4,
15
,
40
–42,
106
–9,
147
–48,
158
,
164
,
190
–91,
206
–7,
330
,
342
,
375
–79,
393
,
407
,
410
–12,
444
–46,
530
,
538
,
548
–49,
554
–57,
567
,
573
–74,
594
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605
–7,
621
–23,
626
–28,
634

Kennedy family’s exclusion of,
312
–17,
410
–11

Kennedy family’s influence over,
8
–13 loneliness of,
375
–76

luncheons attended by,
271
–72,
374
–78,
446
–48,
617
–19

marital relations of,
19
–21,
66
–68,

104
–9,
117
–18,
135
,
254
–55,
373
,

376
,
400
–403,
421
,
488
–89,
546
,

550
–54,
557
–62,
567
–73,
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,

586
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590
–91,
593
–95,

598
–603,
606
–12,
617
–20,
621
–27

miscarriages of,
263
–65,
270
–71,

387
,
393
,
546
,
555
–57,
569

modeling career of,
231
–34 on money and power,
63
–64 naïveté of,
426
n

new Georgetown home of,
372
–74 niceness of,
146
–48

parties attended by,
143
–45,
197
,

200
–201,
304
,
314
–15,
341
–42,

406
–7,
452
,
618
–19

physical appearance of,
28
–29,
39
,

106
,
112
–13,
116
–21,
147
–52,

230
–32,
238
,
254
,
312
,
390
,

400
–402,
411
,
414
,
420
–21,
508
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593
–95,
601
,
606
–7

piano played by,
314
–16,
576
–79

popularity of,
251
–53

pregnancies of,
8
–10,
231
,
259
–60,

263
–65,
528
,
541
–42,
545
–47,

554
–55

in present,
624

relationship between press and,
15
–17,
201
–7,
236
–37,
253
,

400
–403,
428
–30,
485
–87,
547
,

568
–72,
573
–75,
590
,
593
–94,

596
–97,
606
–12,
622
–23

religious beliefs of,
113
–14,
116
–18,

394
,
622
–23

self-confidence of,
28
–29,
105
,
143
,

146
–51,
230
,
263
–65,
286
–87,

316
–17,
400
–402,
419
–21,
555
,

568
,
575
,
577
–78,
604
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607
–9,