Rags to Riches: Marilyn Monroe
Kelly
05/19/13
RAGS TO RICHES Marilyn
At 9:30 a.m. on the morning of June 1, 1926 a star was born no one ever knew that Norma Jenea Morteson would be the one to change the way women think today. Growing up Norma had a very hard life her mother was diagnosed with a serious mental issue and it was getting in the way of raising Norma. The mother struggled the day she left the hospital trying to raise Norma, She knew it was going to be hard being a single parent. Norma’s father wasn’t in life he tried meeting her a few times but she didn’t want anything to do with. Due to her mother's history of mental instability, and her being single with a young daughter, she decided it was best to place her baby in a foster home. Norma Jeane lived in the home of Albert and Ida Bolender for the first 7 years of her life. She lived such a busy life she was moving from house to house until she turned 16. At 17 years old she got married to a man by the name of Jim Dougherty .After a year of marriage; Dougherty joined the Merchant Marines and in 1944 Jim was sent overseas. Norma Jeane started working in a parachute factory for some extra money, and was photographed by the Army as a promotion to show women on the assembly line contributing to the war effort.
After 2 years of having only letters, phone calls, and the occasional visit to keep in touch, the couple grew apart. They hardly spoke to each other, and in 1944 they divorced. On July 23, 1946 she signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios. She was given a new name, "Marilyn Monroe." Monroe from her mother and Marilyn from the actress Marilyn Miller. So began Norma Jeane's career as Marilyn Monroe. She was dismissed as a contract player after two films, and then rehired in 1948. Her first serious acting job came in 1950 when she had a small but serious role in "The Asphalt Jungle" and received favorable reviews. Marilyn had just bought her first home at 12305 fifth Helena Drive in
05/19/13
RAGS TO RICHES Marilyn
At 9:30 a.m. on the morning of June 1, 1926 a star was born no one ever knew that Norma Jenea Morteson would be the one to change the way women think today. Growing up Norma had a very hard life her mother was diagnosed with a serious mental issue and it was getting in the way of raising Norma. The mother struggled the day she left the hospital trying to raise Norma, She knew it was going to be hard being a single parent. Norma’s father wasn’t in life he tried meeting her a few times but she didn’t want anything to do with. Due to her mother's history of mental instability, and her being single with a young daughter, she decided it was best to place her baby in a foster home. Norma Jeane lived in the home of Albert and Ida Bolender for the first 7 years of her life. She lived such a busy life she was moving from house to house until she turned 16. At 17 years old she got married to a man by the name of Jim Dougherty .After a year of marriage; Dougherty joined the Merchant Marines and in 1944 Jim was sent overseas. Norma Jeane started working in a parachute factory for some extra money, and was photographed by the Army as a promotion to show women on the assembly line contributing to the war effort.
After 2 years of having only letters, phone calls, and the occasional visit to keep in touch, the couple grew apart. They hardly spoke to each other, and in 1944 they divorced. On July 23, 1946 she signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios. She was given a new name, "Marilyn Monroe." Monroe from her mother and Marilyn from the actress Marilyn Miller. So began Norma Jeane's career as Marilyn Monroe. She was dismissed as a contract player after two films, and then rehired in 1948. Her first serious acting job came in 1950 when she had a small but serious role in "The Asphalt Jungle" and received favorable reviews. Marilyn had just bought her first home at 12305 fifth Helena Drive in