all these imposters...

"Well behaved women rarely make history.", a quote thought to be said by the actress Marilyn Monroe. However, this quote actually was said by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a professor at Harvard University. Perhaps the quote has been falsely attributed to Monroe due to her Hollywood glamour lifestyle, showing girls to stand out and disregard the norms, and to get "out there". Monroe was flamboyant for her time, and probably not considered "well behaved" during her life.
      The actual quote "Well behaved women seldom make history." comes form Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, in her article about women who never made it into the history books, who lived ordinary lives but were special women. This points to her opinion of how if a women is well-behaved, she is nothing special to remember.
     The quote is also falsely attributed to Mae West, Anne Boleyn, and Eleanor Roosevelt, all significant women of their time.