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Copyright © 2018 by Michelle Morgan

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2017961025

ISBNs: 978-0-7624-9059-2 (hardcover), 978-0-7624-9060-8 (ebook)

E3-20180417-JV-PC

Contents

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

PREFACE: Rebellious Starlet

CHAPTER ONE: The Girl

CHAPTER TWO: No Dumb Blonde

CHAPTER THREE: Behind the Tinsel

CHAPTER FOUR: A Serious Actress

CHAPTER FIVE: The Unlikely Feminist

CHAPTER SIX: Inspirational Woman

CHAPTER SEVEN: Performance of a Lifetime

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Woman Who Impacted the World

CHAPTER NINE: The Power Struggle

CHAPTER TEN: The Human Being

EPILOGUE: Passing the Torch

PHOTOS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPENDIX: A Woman of Culture

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

SOURCE NOTES

This book is dedicated to:

Jim and Zena Parson. I will never forget your kindness. Thank you so much for all you’ve done for me.

And

My beautiful and immensely talented friend, Gabriella Apicella. I’m sure Marilyn would have loved you, just as much as I do.

Introduction

WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERED Marilyn Monroe, it was 1985 and I was a teenager. I was at first attracted to her beautiful, glamorous image, but the moment I began reading about her, my feelings went far deeper. I soon realized that Marilyn had become a highly successful woman despite having many odds stacked ...

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About The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist

With an in-depth look at the two most empowering years in the life of Marilyn Monroe, The Girl details how The Seven Year Itch created an icon and sent the star on an adventure of self-discovery and transformation from a controlled wife and contract player into a businesswoman and unlikely feminist whose power is still felt today.

When Marilyn Monroe stepped over a subway grating as The Girl in The Seven Year Itch and let a gust of wind catch the skirt of her pleated white dress, an icon was born. Before that, the actress was mainly known for a nude calendar and one-dimensional, albeit memorable, characters on the screen. Though she again played a "dumb blonde" in this film and was making headlines by revealing her enviable anatomy, the star was now every bit in control of her image, and ready for a personal revolution.

Emboldened by her winning fight to land the role of The Girl, the making of The Seven Year Itch and the eighteen months that followed was the period of greatest confidence, liberation, and career success that Monroe lived in her tumultuous life. It was a time in which, among other things, she:

• Ended her marriage to Joe DiMaggio and later began a relationship with Arthur Miller;

• Legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, divorcing herself from the troubled past of Norma Jeane;

• Started her own production company;

• Studied in private lessons with Lee and Paula Strasberg of the Actors Studio and became a part of the acting revolution of the day



The ripple effects her personal rebellion had on Hollywood, and in trailblazing the way for women that followed, will both surprise and inspire readers to see the Marilyn Monroe in an entirely new light.

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