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Who was the Queen of Camelot? “No one else looked like her, spoke like her, wrote like her, or was so original in the way she did things”. Ted Kennedy spoke these words at Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’s funeral. Jacqueline’s, also known as Jackie, legacy is global (Spencer 9). Jackie was a woman doing things her own way from the date of her birth. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929, in Southampton in New York. Jackie’s parents were John Vernon Bouvier III and his wife Janet Lee Bouvier ( www.isdesigners). John was a wealthy stockbroker, which put the Bouvier family at the top of society. Jackie’s mother Janet was a snob of society (www.thekennedy2). But that didn’t stand in Jackie’s way, she still made her young youth years as fun as possible. As a child, her years were divided between New York City, East Hampton, and Long Island (www.isdesigners). These places were what Jackie called home. They were the places where she learned the hobbies she loved as a child. She even enjoyed them as an adult. Her favorite hobby was horseback riding. Jackie learned how to ride almost as soon as she could walk. She also enjoyed reading, writing, and painting (Onassis 66). However, Jackie’s y