Janet Norton Lee Bouvier Auchincloss Morris (December 3, 1907–July 22, 1989) was the mother of United States First Lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis; she often stood in for her daughter as hostess for official White House functions. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laura Bush, current First Lady (2001-present) First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. ... First official White House portrait. ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ...

She was born Janet Norton Lee, the daughter of James Thomas Lee and Margaret A. Merritt, and she studied at Sweet Briar College, and later at Vassar, but did not graduate from either institution. Her paternal grandfather, a potato-famine Irish immigrant, was a superintendent of New York City public schools, though Janet Lee Bouvier preferred to tell people that he was a Maryland-born veteran of the United States Civil War. Sweet Briar College is an all-womens college located in Sweet Briar, Virginia, roughly 50 miles south of Charlottesville, Virginia and approxamately 168 miles south of Washington, D.C. on U.S. 29. ... Vassar, Michigan is a place in the State of Michigan in the United States of America. ...

She married three times. Her first husband, John Vernou Bouvier III, also known as John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III, was Jackie's father. They were married on July 7, 1928 and had two daughters -- Jackie and her younger sister Lee Radziwill (born on March 3, 1933). John's womanizing and drinking led to a separation in 1936 and divorce in 1940. John Vernou Bouvier III (1892–1957) was a Wall Street stockbroker who was the father of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield Radziwill Ross (born March 3, 1933 in Southampton, New York) is an American socialite, public relations executive, and former actress, best known as Lee Radziwill. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Janet's second husband was wealthy Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr., who provided a secure financial future. They were married on June 21, 1942 and had two children together: Janet Jennings Auchincloss Rutherfurd (1945-1985), who briefly dated John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate, while she was a student at Miss Porter's; and James L. Auchincloss, born in 1947. June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Miss Porters School is a preparatory school for girls located in Farmington, Connecticut. ...

Her third marriage, after Auchincloss' death, was to Bingham "Booch" Morris on October 25, 1979 and lasted until her death in 1989. October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She died at 81 from Alzheimer's disease in 1989. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

NOTE: A social climber, she felt that her daughter Jackie married beneath herself (e.g. into the Kennedy family).

References

• Janet and Jackie: The Story of a Mother and Her Daughter, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, by Jan Pottke