Before they packed up their boxes for the White House, these US First Ladies were just like anyone else – and we’ve got the photo evidence to prove it.  From christening gowns to college classes and acting careers, these women became icons of political history, with several defining First Lady style for the generations to come. Read on to see the First Ladies before their husbands took office… © Bettmann Archive via Getty Images Jackie Kennedy began a job at a Washington newspaper in 1951 Jackie Kennedy Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Kennedy is still remembered for her signature style that defined elegance and refinement for decades of First Ladies to come.  But before she was advocating for the arts in the White House, Jackie was working as the ‘Inquiring Camera Girl’ for the Washington Times-Herald newspaper. Asking questions to people she encountered on the street and taking their pictures surely set her up well for Presidential tours! © The Boston Globe via Getty Images Hillary Clinton majored in political science at Wellesley College Hillary Clinton As well as …