Second-wave feminism is a period of feminist activity that first began in the early 1960s in the United States, and eventually spread throughout the Western world and beyond. In the United States the movement lasted through the early 1980s.econd-wave feminism is a period of feminist activity that first began in the early 1960s in the United States, and eventually spread throughout the Western world and beyond. In the United States the movement lasted through the early 1980s.
Gurdin's records also list Monroe as Marilyn Miller, acknowledging her five-year marriage to Death of a Salesman playwright Arthur Miller, and describe the legend, who was famous for her curves, as being 5'6 and 115 pounds. PHOTOS: See the movies that made Marilyn Monroe a Hollywood legend.
Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 â August 5, 1962) was an American actress and model. Famous for playing comic dumb blonde characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and was emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality.