Texarkana Gazette

First lady, first mom

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When President John F. Kennedy won the 1960 election, Jacqueline Kennedy was pregnant with their second child, John Jr. He was born just two weeks after the election. His older sister, Caroline, was 4 years old when the family moved into the White House.

Mrs. Kennedy thought raising her children was her most important job. She said: “If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much.” Edith Roosevelt moved into the White House with six children! She and President Theodore Roosevelt read to their kids every day and let them have all kinds of pets, including a snake.

 ?? White House photo by Cecil Stoughton ?? Jacqueline Kennedy with her husband and children in Hyannis Port, Massachuse­tts.
White House photo by Cecil Stoughton Jacqueline Kennedy with her husband and children in Hyannis Port, Massachuse­tts.
 ??  ?? President and Mrs. Roosevelt and their children.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and their children.

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