Historians’ Analysis
Historians that have analyzed these documents suggested that Monroe possibly first wrote about Dougherty when she was 17 years old. “My relationship with him was basically insecure from the first night I spent alone with him,” she wrote to herself. Other asides that she made on the union were not that flattering, either.
Historians’ Analysis
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Very Personal Musings
As a matter of fact, what Monroe wrote about her first husband shines light on some of very personal musings. She said that she was attracted to Dougherty since he was “one of the few young men [she] had no sexual repulsion for.” She continued, “It gave me a false sense of security to feel that he was endowed with more [overwhelming] qualities which I did not possess.”
Very Personal Musings
