Part one of term paper
I was born Norma Jean Baker on June 1, 1926 at nine am. I was named after Norma Talmadge, but not Jean Harlow. I had a rough childhood: I never knew my father. I had no stable mother figure. I went through three orphanages and more than a dozen foster homes. I was sexually assaulted twice, by my stepfather and my cousin. I was exposed ...

Part two of term paper
... married a man named Goddard, and they wanted to move away with his daughter. They could not afford to take me, so they married me off to a family friend, Jim Dougherty. Jim went into the service during World War II, and I took a job folding parachutes. Photographers came to take pictures of us to send to the soldiers. One, David Conover, took a particular interest in me, and directed me to Snively's Modeling School. From there I met Anaré de Dienes. He and I took many photo trips together, a ...