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A Lady, First
My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome
by Letitia Baldrige
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (October 01 2002)
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Chapter 1: My Life in the Kennedy White House
Most people look upon Miami Beach as a place where you go to get old and play golf, or as a place to go when you're young, to partake of 'what's hot' at the South Beach nightspots.

Chapter 1: My Life in the Kennedy White House, Part 2
When my father ran for Congress, I was the only one in the family who wanted to accompany him on his campaign swings to western Nebraska in the old maroon Pontiac, hoping to pick up some votes.

Chapter 1: My Life in the Kennedy White House, Part 3
Nana wore a pale gray silk dress, ghostlike, with a fresh rose at the V-shaped neckline. I was sure that it would stay fresh all the way to heaven, and of course she was wearing her pearl necklace. I never saw her without that.



Book Description

Letitia Baldrige is the woman best known as Jackie Kennedy's social secretary during the White House years. But in this fascinating memoir Baldrige reveals a career sparkling with a host of other achievements: embassy work in an era when women rarely were given jobs overseas, becoming the first female executive at Tiffany & Co., and founding one of the first companies run by a female CEO. In her amazing life story Baldrige shares her perspective as a White House insider: the hilarity of young Jackie's antics on foreign diplomatic visits, the terror of the Cuban missile crisis, and the heartbreak of President Kennedy's funeral. Stylish, chic and always polite, Baldrige reveals the determination that has made her a success and brought her the admiration of women around the world.

About the Author

Letitia Baldridge

Letitia Baldridge is perhaps best known for her role as Chief of Staff for Mrs. Kennedy and Social Secretary to the White House during the Kennedy Administration. She has also served as an advisor to four other First Ladies. The head of her own PR and marketing firm, Letitia Baldrige Enterprises, she is a prolific author whose etiquette books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide.

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