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Jackie in her “Inquiring Photographer” guise. Thanks to the Library of Congress’s research efforts, one of her columns is now more than just family lore. Photograph courtesy of the Everett Collection., in which she’d pose a question to a handful of people in town and print their photos and responses. One of them was Yvonne Chouteau, a dancer with the Ballet Russe passing through DC on tour.
“For years in the ’60s and ’70s, Jackie was in the news for taking care of her kids, getting remarried, and you’d see her in all these elegant outfits. We’d say, ‘Mom, there’s your friend Jackie.’ She’d give a little smile. It brought back a time, maybe, when she was feeling good about what she’d attained in her profession. And here was this other young woman who had also attained a level of accomplishment. At that time, not many women were working outside the home.
“Last year, I threw a lifeline out to the Library of Congress, and got back to me in less than a week to say she’d take a look. It was easy to trace because of the dance company’s performance schedule.
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