Marilyn Monroe is known as an iconic Hollywood actress and sex symbol, but she was also a trailblazer for women. Find out why after the jump!
After only being offered "dumb blonde" roles, Monroe took things in her own hands. After a film hiatus, she went into business with photographer Milton Greene and established Marilyn Monroe Productions in 1955, becoming only the third woman ever to start a production company in the United States.
But Monroe didn't just fight for her own career, she fought for other amazing women in the industry as well. Case in point? When a club owner thought Ella Fitzgerald wasn't glamorous enough to perform, Marilyn made it happen by saying she would sit in the front row of one of Ella's shows and get people in the seats.
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