Janet Norton Lee Bouvier Auchincloss Morris

Janet Morris (née Lee, previously Bouvier and Auchincloss; 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. Bouvier was born as Janet Norton Lee, the daughter of Margaret A. (née Merritt; 1878 – February 26, 1943) and James Thomas Lee (October 2, 1877 – January 3, 1968). 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...