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Why does Marilyn Monroe still define the 'Ideal Woman'?
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Why does Marilyn Monroe still define the 'Ideal Woman'? Culture Issued on: 12:47 min From the show Reading time 1 min As we mark 100 years since her birth, the enduring legacy of Marilyn Monroe means she still shapes ideas of what makes an ideal woman.
Why does Marilyn Monroe still define the 'Ideal Woman'?
Culture
Issued on:
12:47 min
From the show
Reading time
1 min
As we mark 100 years since her birth, the enduring legacy of Marilyn Monroe means she still shapes ideas of what makes an ideal woman. Annette Young talks to Professor Amanda Konkle, a film specialist, as to why this is the case. Also the ongoing impact of Ebola continues to be felt in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the spread of a deadly strain of the virus is placing pregnant women at even greater risk.
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