20 Famous Quotes That Were Never Actually Spoken

8. "Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History" - Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Thinking Gif

This quote has been attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of former American President Franklin D., and Henry VIII's second spouse Anne Boleyn - but most famously to film star and actress Marilyn Monroe.

However, the phrase actually appeared for the first time in Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's paper in the academic journal American Quarterly in 1976.

There's no doubting that the quote could aptly describe sex symbol Monroe's approach to life though - legend has it she even had an affair with JFK after all...

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