Maureen McCormick was born in Woodland Hills, California, the most youthful and just girl of Richard and Irene Maureen McCormick.
She begin her career with an television show Robert Montgomery Presents that was aired in 1951 and directed by her father, later worked in Armstrong Circle Theatre and Kraft Television Theatre show for few years.
This is representative of what young men saw in classrooms back then! So I doubt that she was merely seeking attention.