Jacqueline Lee Bouvier or later known as Jackie Kennedy was born on July 28th, 1929 in an extremely wealthy area called Southampton, New York. Raised in a wealthy family whose footprints originated in France, Ireland, and England; she excelled in the wealthy pastime of riding. Jackie started at a young age following in her award winning mother’s footsteps. At the young age of eleven Jacqueline had won many awards and had been recognized by The New York Times in 1940. Jacqueline was also very interested in reading and excelled at a surprising rate, leaving her family to question what Jacqueline would end up making her profession. (Life of Jacqueline B. Kennedy) At the age of ten her father John Vernou Bouvier III and her mother Janet Norton Lee filed for divorce. As a child Jackie took the change pretty hard, especially since no families were split up at this time. Later on when Jackie was 13, Janet Norton Lee remarried a man named Hugh Auchincloss. Along with a new father, Jackie now had new siblings to deal with. (First Lady Biography: Jackie Kennedy) While working as a curious p...