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  2. Aug 4, 2022 · Fact Check. Marilyn Monroe is known for, among other things, being the icon of 20th century blonde bombshells. But did she also coin the famous phrase, "Well-behaved women seldom make...

  3. Nov 3, 2012 · Well-behaved women rarely make history. Marilyn Monroe (June 1) In conclusion, this quotation was crafted by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and was published by 1976. In 2007 Ulrich wrote a book with a title based on the saying.

  4. Jun 24, 2019 · She penned the saying “well-behaved women seldom make history” in writing about the Puritan women celebrated in funeral sermons. Though figures like Roosevelt or Marilyn Monroe often have the saying misattributed to them, Ulrich confirmed that she is the source of the quote.

  5. In “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History” (Knopf, September 2007), Ulrich examines a pivotal moment in each of these women’s lives, describing ways in which they broke with conventional behavior in order to re-create themselves and make a place in history. For Christine de Pizan, the moment was when she included Amazons, or women ...

  6. Feb 20, 2017 · Professor Buzzkill | February 20, 2017 | No Comments. Lots of people are credited with coining the great phrase, “well-behaved women rarely make history.”. They include Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne Boleyn, and our own Aunt Ginger from the Buzzkill Institute.

  7. Nov 13, 2014 · Marilyn Monroe is credited with popularizing the saying “well-behaved women rarely make history.” Unfortunately, a lot of young women take this quote to mean that they should live recklessly, flaunt their sexuality, try to be “bad b*****s” and treat people with disrespect in order to be “famous” and unforgettable.

  8. Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History was published in 2007. It wasn’t a best seller, but it did accomplish one thing: fewer people now attributed my sentence to Eleanor Roosevelt or Marilyn Monroe.