Editorial status
misattributed
Ginger Rogers did not originate this sentence. In her autobiography she describes it as a newspaper cartoon's line, so the quotation should not be presented as her own wording.
Source-backed author: Unknown newspaper cartoonist; later repeated in popular culture
Earliest traceable appearance in this record: An earlier newspaper cartoon, as discussed in Ginger Rogers's autobiography My Story; exact cartoon source requires edition-level research.