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In 1942, the company that employed Doc Goddard relocated him to [[West Virginia]].{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=70–75|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=86–90}} California child protection laws prevented the Goddards from taking Monroe out of state, and she faced having to return to the orphanage.{{sfn|Banner|2012|pp=86–90}} To prevent this, Grace Goddard approached Dougherty's mother, Ethel, with the proposition that Dougherty marry Monroe, whom she had already been dating for several months.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=50 Rare Photos From Marilyn Monroe's Turbulent Marriages |url=https://www.elle.com/life-love/news/g29955/marilyn-monroe-husbands-photos/?slide=3 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Ethel agreed, and the two told Monroe and Dougherty their idea. Both were rather skeptical of the idea: Dougherty thought Monroe was rather young to marry, and Monroe was nervous.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Michelle |date=2022-09-27 |title=Who was Marilyn Monroe's first husband? |url=https://www.yours.co.uk/leisure/nostalgia/marilyn-monroes-first-husband-james-dougherty/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Yours Magazine |language=en}}</ref> On one occasion, Monroe approached Grace with the idea that they marry as friends instead of [[Consummation|consummating]] their marriage, but Grace replied, "Don't worry, you'll learn."<ref name=":8" />
Monroe married Dougherty on June 19, 1942, just after her 16th birthday, at the home of family friends named the Howells.{{sfn|Spoto|2001|pp=70–75}}<ref name=":11" /> Though neither the Goddards or Monroe's mother attended the wedding, Bolenders and their daughter, Nancy, were in attendance. "I remember the winding staircase in the living room and all of us just staring at the top of the stairs until she appeared," Nancy later recalled. "What a beautiful bride."<ref name=":8" /> Monroe subsequently dropped out of high school and became a housewife.<ref name=":11" /> After the wedding, they honeymooned at a lake in [[Ventura County, California]], then moved into a [[studio apartment]] in [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles]], where they lived a calm, idyllic life.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Joyce |date=2022-02-01 |title=A Look Back at Marilyn Monroe's Three Wedding Looks |url=https://www.theknot.com/content/marilyn-monroe-wedding-dress?srsltid=AfmBOor9u2NlbjfF8FPUhBIxIy1Oho7Y8VFfdbsKiaE2QHAGNZtFzRo8 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=The Knot |language=en}}</ref> Dougherty later recalled that despite the circumstances they married under, he and Monroe "loved each other madly" and that being married "was like being on a honeymoon for a year."<ref name=":12" /> Monroe herself told Grace that though marriage was hard work, it was fun, and she deeply loved Dougherty.<ref name=":11" /> However, according to biographer [[Donald Spoto]], Monroe found herself and Dougherty mismatched, and later said she was "dying of boredom" during the marriage.{{sfn|Spoto|2001|pp=70–78}} The first problems in their marriage appeared in late 1943, when Monroe and Dougherty attended a dance at the [[Catalina Casino]] ballroom. That night, Monroe was a popular dancing partner, while Dougherty was relatively ignored. Jealous, he told her that they were leaving. When Monroe told him she might go back to the dance alone, he told her that she would not be allowed to come home if she did.<ref name=":9" /> In 1943, Dougherty enlisted in the [[United States Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]] and was stationed on [[Santa Catalina Island, California|Santa Catalina Island]], where Monroe moved with him.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=83–86|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=91–98}}
=== 1944–1948: Modeling and first film roles ===
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