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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
Jackie Kennedy
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Jackie Kennedy
Age: 64 †
Born: 1929
Born: July 28
Died: 1994
Died: May 19
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