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Rose appears with Dinah Shore on
Dinah’s Place
, 1972.
© 1972 NBC Television/Public Domain

After Bobby’s death, Ethel dedicated her remaining years to preserving his legacy and continuing his causes. Here, Ethel sits next to the 2003 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Awards, which were awarded to three people from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on Capitol Hill on November 20, 2003.
Matthew Cavanaugh/Gannett News Service

Vicki Kennedy attends the signing of President Obama’s health care bill, which many consider the culmination of her late husband Ted’s legacy, at the White House in March 2010.
Pete Souza/White House

Vicki Kennedy attends the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston on April 8, 2011. Edward Kennedy Jr., Ted and Joan’s oldest son, looks on.
Steven Senne/Associated Press

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Index

Ace of Clubs
, 7

Aerosmith
, 280

Afghanistan
, 194

African Americans
, 86
, 151

alcohol abuse
, 71
, 73–74
, 151
, 241
, 249–50
, 255–57
, 266

Alcott, Louisa May
, 232

Allied Forces
, 37–38

Alsop, Joe
, 176

Altman, Lawrence
, 288–89

Ambassador Hotel
, 117–18

ambassadorship
, 11
, 23–26
, 28–30
, 62
, 208

Americana collection
, 179

America’s Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
(Bradford)
, 131

America’s Queen Mother
, 48

Anouilh, Jean
, 140

anti-discrimination bill
, 241

appendectomies
, 24

Arlington National Cemetery
, 58
, 121
, 202
, 204
, 249

assassinations: of JFK
, 52–54
, 104–6
, 109–10
, 198–203
, 239–41
; other victims with RFK
, 118–21
; of RFK
, 57–59
, 109–10
, 118–21
, 248–49

attorney general
, 100

Auchincloss, Hugh D. (“Hughdie”)
, 131
, 133

Auchincloss, Hugh D., III (“Yusha”)
, 132–33
, 139–40

Auchincloss, Jamie
, 195

Auchincloss, Janet
, 53
, 151
, 163–64
, 184
, 195

Auchincloss family
, 133–35
, 142–43
, 149

Avedon, Richard
, 47

Avery, Isaac
, 176–78

Ayer, A. J.
, 102

Bacon, Constance
, 262

Baldridge, Tish
, 173
, 184
, 187–88
, 194

ballet performance
, 187–88

Barry, Bill
, 118

Bartlett, Charlie
, 142
, 147
, 160
, 186
, 201

Baruch, Bernard
, 153

Baumgartner, Rudolf
, 210

Bayh, Birch
, 241–42

Bayh, Marvella
, 241–42

Bay of Pigs
, 190–91

beach cottages
, 22–23

Beals Street house
, 10–11
, 13
, 62

Beardsley, Mimi
, 185

Beaverbrook, Lord
, 223
, 225

Beck, Dave
, 98

Bedford-Stuyvesant Redevelopment Corporation
, 125

Bell, Upton
, 283

Bennett, Candy
, 214

Bennett, Harry Wiggin Jr.
, 211–12
, 220–21

Bennett, Virginia Joan.
See
Kennedy, Joan

Bennett, Virginia Joan (“Ginny”)
, 211
, 213
, 259

Bergquist, Laura
, 171
, 182

Bernstein, Leonard
, 146

Bessette, Lauren
, 283

Betts, Henry
, 50–51

Billings, LeMoyne (“Lem”)
, 18
, 48–49
, 148–49
, 158
, 166

Black Jack.
See
Bouvier, John Vernou, III

Black Watch Highlander Regiment
, 201–2

Blanch, Lesley
, 192

Bobby.
See
Kennedy, Robert Francis

Boggs, Corinne (“Lindy”)
, 180–81

bone cancer
, 258

Boudin, Stephane
, 180

Bouvier, Caroline Lee
, 128–35
, 142
, 149
, 167
, 184
, 192
.
See also
Canfield, Caroline Lee; Radziwill, Caroline Lee

Bouvier, Jacqueline (“Jackie”): birth and background of
, 128–36
; Black Jack as spending less time with
, 133
, 135
, 138–39
; college living with de Rentys
, 139
; Husted engagement to
, 142
, 144
; “Inquiring Photographer” job
, 143–44
; JFK appreciating book smarts of
, 148
; JFK dating
, 142
, 147
; JFK’s engagement and marriage with
, 44
, 150
; Kennedys and first impressions of
, 149
; as never marrying JFK if poor
, 150
; serene appearance of
, 130
; similarities and differences of JFK and
, 147–48
; 16th Annual Vogue Prix de Paris and
, 141–43
; as society party girl
, 140
; as talented writer
, 141
; travels of
, 139–42
, 184
, 189–90
, 196
; Vassar College and
, 136–38
, 140–41
; Vogue career of
, 141–43
.
See also
Kennedy, Jacqueline; Onassis, Jacqueline

Bouvier, Janet.
See
Auchincloss, Janet

Bouvier, John Vernou, III (“Black Jack”)
, 185–86
; alcohol abuse and
, 151
; death of
, 164–65
; declining fortune and stress of
, 138–39
; Jackie spending less time with
, 133
, 135
, 138–39
; Janet divorces
, 130
; Janet marrying
, 128–29
; Park Avenue Apartment of
, 129
; as scoundrel and philanderer
, 129