Marilyn Monroe.. Most Famous Woman?

America is the best country in the world in my opinion, but what makes a great country? I believe that the American people are the reason why America has succeeded. Marilyn Monroe was without a doubt the biggest celebrity in the 1950's, but I also believe she is the most famous woman of the century. She was an amazing person in many ways, she could sing, act, & was undoubtedly beautiful. Her life had ups & downs but in the end, she was an inspiration to many men & women.
Marilyn Monroe's childhood was not an easy one. She was born to a mentally unsteady mother, not knowing who her father was. Later on, her mother was committed to an insane asylum and Marilyn was thrown into the foster kid life. Bouncing around from foster parents to foster parents, she married a neighbor young man when her last pair of foster parents were going to move away.

Shortly after Marilyn's husband, who she called Daddy, went away to serve in the military, she started working odd jobs. Once, a photographer came and took pictures of working women, he said she was a "photographer's dream". After, he sent other photographers her way and helped her find jobs to model. She divorced Daddy after five years of marriage to pursue bigger modeling dreams and within a year was on the cover of some major magazines. After being successful in modeling, she wanted to move on to something bigger and better, acting!

In the beginning of her acting career she married baseball player, Joe Dimaggio. They were together nine months and divorced because of his jealousy of her sexy reputation. Her third marriage was to playwright Authur Miller. For their marriage, Marilyn converted to Judaism. They only lasted four years and were said to have divorced for many reasons. Some being that she was cheating, doing drugs, drinking too much, and also that she had depression from several miscarriages she had, and the death of her costar, Clark Gable.

Marilyn Monroe was either the most important or one of the most important women of the 20th century. Even today she is known by almost everyone. Saying hear name immediately makes people think "talented" and "beautiful". I believe that people like Marilyn Monroe represent American in a way. Some may think that is a bad example, but I like to look at the good things she contributed to this country. Marilyn Monroe, I think, was the most important woman of the 20th century and will live on forever in her movies and by her reputation.