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Apr 2023
3h 27m

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mega-Episode

The History Chicks | QCODE
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Only the most iconic of women are known simply by their first name, and Jackie is one of them. Her life was a complicated collage of privilege, challenge, balance, and reinvention. We've combined and remastered our two previous episodes on Jackie for this one mega-episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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