Pamela Harrison Turnure Timmins was the first Press Secretary hired to serve a First Lady of the United States , she is best known for being the first person to hold the post of Press Secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy at age 23. Later on in her career allegations of a romantic relationship with John F. Kennedy surfaced but nothing was ever proved. Timmins attended Georgetown University in 1937 and after she graduated she worked for then-United States Senator John F. Kennedy as a receptionist and ... morePamela Harrison Turnure Timmins was the first Press Secretary hired to serve a First Lady of the United States , she is best known for being the first person to hold the post of Press Secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy at age 23. Later on in her career allegations of a romantic relationship with John F. Kennedy surfaced but nothing was ever proved. Timmins attended Georgetown University in 1937 and after she graduated she worked for then-United States Senator John F. Kennedy as a receptionist and secretary in his Senate office from 1958 until his election in 1960. After John F. Kennedy was elected Presided of the United States she was hired as Jacqueline's secretary. Timmins helped shape interviews, luncheons, state dinners and other public appearances by the first Lady. She would also field 50 calls a day from reporters asking about the presidential family, along with answering letters asking for the first lady’s picture, autograph or favorite recipe. After retiring from her job at the white house, Timmins went on to work as an interior decorator. In the 2016 the film Jackie was released and Turnure was portrayed by Hélène Kuhn.
