Woman Between Islam and Western Society
3. Western Woman
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Greek millionaire, Aristotle Onassis (1906 -1975),
whom she subsequently married. At the time of her
marriage, she was forty years of age and Onassis
was 60. But this marriage was not a success. They
soon began to live separately, until after a
prolonged illness, Onassis died in 1975. Jacqueline
was not even present at his deathbed during the last
hours of his life.
Jacqueline found everything but happiness. Her
biographer, Kitty Kelly, speaks of her “incurable
desire to buy happiness, even if it meant spending
as much in one hour as 3,000 dollars.”
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This shows that even marriage cannot make a
woman happy if what her mind is truly set on is not
conjugal bliss, but wealth, fame and all the
attendant worldly pleasures.
Marilyn Monroe (b. June 1, 1926), one of the most
famous women in America, started her career as a
photographer’s model and soon rose to fame as a film
actress. Thanks to her extraordinary attractiveness,
she became renowned as the “sex goddess” of the
film world. Her films were all a tremendous success
in that they never failed to draw crowds.
