Grace and her husband were about to move East and could not take Norma Jeane.
Another family wanted to adopt Norma Jeane, but Gladys would not allow it.
Grace then approached a neighbor suggesting that her son, James Dougherty, could marry Norma Jeane so that she would not have to return to an orphanage or foster care, and in June 1942, they were married.
Monroe would state in her autobiography that she did not feel like a wife; she enjoyed playing with the neighborhood children until her husband would call her home.
The marriage lasted until 1946 when Monroe decided to pursue her career.
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