IntroductionJacqueline Kennedy's fashion influences current events as often as the president's public speeches. “All the talk about what I wear and how I do my hair has amused and intrigued me. What does my hairstyle have to do with my husband's ability to be president? » (Perry 60). The question of Jacqueline Kennedy deserved to be addressed because for a little over a century, the fashion of American First Ladies was constantly criticized like celebrities. First Lady Mary Lincoln, also worried about her appearance, told her seamstress that she considered the public to be her biggest critic (Jacqueline Kennedy's question proved that the conundrum persisted well into the 20th century). Political actions on behalf of the president should have been the American public's sole concern for their First Lady, but the role of First Lady was subject to unwritten conditions. to ensure that Jacqueline Kennedy would “buy American” (Perry 58). Although this is a rare instance of the effect of his fashion on JFK's presidential campaign, his choice of shoes was a tiny factor in the grand scheme of his election. Jacqueline Kennedy in front of her husband's office, her appearance reportedly having little to do with "her husband's ability to be president" but rather with her own ability to embody the ever-evolving American woman as Prime Lady of the United States. reflected the Women's Liberation Movement with color, exacting attention and respect, structured costumes and plans, and familiar outfits adaptable middle of paper......r Antifeminist comments. ABC News. ABC News, nd Web. March 3, 2014. Perry, Barbara A. Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the New Frontier: PUK, 2004. Print. Salisbury, Joyce E. and Andrew E Kersten. United States, 1960-1990. » Daily life throughout history. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web January 19, 2014. New York Times Special “Women Seek Equal Rights.” New York Times (file 1923-present): January 19, 1960. ProQuest.Web January 20, 2014 “The Restoration of the White House. » John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, nd Web, February 23, 2014. “Women's Liberation.” International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Flight. 9. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 112-116.US History in Context January 21.. 2014.