Caroline Kennedy
Politician, Author
1957 –
Who is Caroline Kennedy?
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who is the current United States Ambassador to Japan. She is a prominent member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. She is a niece of Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.
At the time of her father's presidency, she was a young child; after his assassination in November 1963, her family settled in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where she attended school. Kennedy graduated from Radcliffe College and worked at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she met her future husband, exhibit designer Edwin Schlossberg. She went on to receive a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School. Kennedy's professional life has spanned law and politics as well as education and charitable work. She has also acted as a spokesperson for her family's legacy and co-authored two books on civil liberties with Ellen Alderman.
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- Born
- Nov 27, 1957
New York City - Also known as
- Caroline Bouvier Kennedy
- Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
- Buttons
- Lyric
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Edwin Schlossberg
(1986/07/19 - )
- Edwin Schlossberg
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia Law School
- Harvard University
- Radcliffe College
- Concord Academy
- Harvard College
- Lived in
- New York City
- Park Avenue
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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