The First Daughters Club: Life After The White House

Caroline Kennedy

Father: John F. Kennedy, 35th President Years in White House: 1961-1963 S.S. Code Name: Lyric When John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States, he brought his family to the White House: his wife Jacqueline, his infant son John, Jr, and his daughter Caroline. A favorite among the press, the three-year-old girl was swept into the national spotlight, and was often photographed in the arms of her father or riding her pony, Macaroni, on the White House lawn. The cheerful sight inspired a young Neil Diamond to write his popular "good times" song, "Sweet Caroline." Alas, the good times were short-lived. After JFK's assassination, the family fled the public eye to the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where Caroline attended The Brearly School and Convent of the Sacred Heart before finishing her prep school education at Concord Academy in Massachusetts. In 1979, she received her B.A. from Radcliffe College with journalistic aspirations, pursuing a summer internship at the New York Daily News and writing for Rolling Stone. But the career didn't pan out -- Caroline often felt the press was watching her more than the events at hand, and she decided to attend law school at Columbia University. Now a published author of several books, including a biography of her father and The Best-loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, Caroline Kennedy is no stranger to public service or politics -- she is currently a Vice Chair of the New York City Fund for Public Schools, and is also the President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. In 2008, Caroline announced her interest in the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by Hilary Clinton's appointment to Secretary of State. Although she eventually withdrew her consideration, she remains a prominent voice in the political world, and has supported issues as varied as same-sex marriage, gun control, and women's reproductive rights. She also endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election through a New York Times op-ed entitled, "A President Like My Father," and went on to speak at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. [Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy via]