Marilyn Monroe Research Paper

Marilyn Monroe was and still is one of the most well known actresses, models, and popular sex icons of her time and in this time. She had to overcome a lot to get to where she was when she tragically died in 1962. She had no father, a crazy mother and no where to go to. Marilyn spent most of her childhood in foster care and orphanages and when she escapes the life of being in foster care she climbs the ladder of success to become Hollywood’s leading sex symbol. Marilyn Monroe overcame a rough childhood and became a well-known model and sex icon.

According to an article titled “Marilyn Monroe” on biography.com- Marilyn Monroe was born on July 1,1926 in Los Angeles, California as Norma-Jeane Mortensen to her mother Gladys. Monroe never knew her father or who he was and had only one sibling: a half sister that she only met a handful of times. Gladys developed psychiatric problems when Monroe was little and was placed in a mental institution, which left Monroe with no family and she had to spend much of her childhood in foster care and in orphanages where she was sexually assaulted on several occasions. One of Monroe's earliest memories of her mother was when she was little and her mom tried to smother her with a pillow in her crib. For 5 years Marilyn lived with the Goddards (Grace and Doc) until Docs job relocated to the

“I will be laid to rest in a vault next to hers. It has a completion notion to it. I will be spending the rest of my eternity with Marilyn.”