1. Nancy Ludlow Tuckerman was the White House Social Secretary during the Kennedy administration.
10 Facts About Nancy Tuckerman
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Nancy Tuckerman grew up in Southampton, New York and Farmington, Connecticut.
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Nancy Tuckerman had a sister, Cynthia Tuckerman Gay and a brother, Roger Tuckerman.
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Jackie Bouvier and Nancy Tuckerman met as 8 or 9 year olds at the Chapin School in New York City.
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Nancy Tuckerman started her own travel business before being asked by Jackie Kennedy to work for her in the White House after her husband was elected president.
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When John F Kennedy was assassinated, Tuckerman was responsible for responding to the thousands of letters that poured into the White House as condolences for Jackie Kennedy.
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In 1994, Nancy Tuckerman was left 250,000 US dollars in Jackie Kennedy's last will and testament.
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Nancy Tuckerman co-authored a revised edition of Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette in 1995.
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Nancy Tuckerman spoke with author William Kuhn in preparation for his book, Reading Jackie.
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Nancy Tuckerman died on August 1,2018, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, at an assisted-living center in Salisbury, Connecticut.