Janet Norton Lee Bouvier Auchincloss Morris (December 3, 1907 - July 22, 1989) was an American socialite. She was the mother of former United States First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill. She often stood in for her daughter Jacqueline as hostess for official White House functions.
She was born as Janet Norton Lee, the daughter of James Thomas Lee (October 2, 1877 — January 3, 1968) and Margaret A. Merritt (1878 — Februar...
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Janet Norton Lee Bouvier Auchincloss Morris (December 3, 1907 - July 22, 1989) was an American socialite. She was the mother of former United States First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill. She often stood in for her daughter Jacqueline as hostess for official White House functions.
She was born as Janet Norton Lee, the daughter of James Thomas Lee (October 2, 1877 — January 3, 1968) and Margaret A. Merritt (1878 — February 26, 1943). Lee studied at Sweet Briar College and later at Vassar College, but did not graduate from either institution. Her paternal grandfather, Dr. James Lee, was a superintendent of the New York City public school system, although Janet Bouvier preferred to tell people that he was a Maryland-born veteran of the United States Civil War. She had two sisters: Winifred Norton Lee (Mrs. Franklin d'Olier) and Marion Norton Lee (Mrs. John J. Ryan Jr.) .
She married three times. Her first husband was John Vernou Bouvier III, also known as "Black...
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