12 things you didn’t know about Jackie Kennedy Onassis
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Author Tina Cassidy shared surprising facts about Jackie Kennedy Onassis in her book “Jackie After O: One Remarkable Year When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Defied Expectations and Rediscovered Her Dreams.” Much of it focuses on the former first lady's midlife transformation in 1975 when she becomes a widow; fights to save Grand Central Terminal and enters the workforce as a book editor.
It wasn't all charity work Although she didn’t need the money, she made just $10,000 per year when Viking Press hired her in September 1975. In this 1977 photo released by Viking, Jacqueline Onassis and Bryan Holme are shown in their office. Alfred Eisenstadt/AP
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