Secrets & Scandals Of America’s First Ladies

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Another secret from Mrs. Kennedy was that she was a heavy smoker. You would never see any images of her in the act because the staff was told to not take pictures of her smoking or else it would not be published. First ladies didn’t want the public to know she took part in an act that many didn’t approve of so this was a well-kept secret of hers.

“Jackie Kennedy smoked just as much as any other woman did during the era of her husband’s presidency,” wrote Emma Baty. “Cigarettes were thought to make you thinner and calmer, but that doesn’t mean the general public approved of them.”