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Helen Gurley Brown

Born

in Green Forest, Arkansas, The United States

February 18, 1922

Died

August 13, 2012

Genre

Nonfiction

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Helen Gurley Brown, is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.

Brown's father died in an elevator accident when she was young, and her sister was a polio victim. She was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas.

From 1939 to 1941 she attended Texas State College for Women and Woodbury Business College.

After a stint in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency, she went to work for a prominent advertising agency as a secretary. Her employer recognized her writing skills and moved her to the copywriting department where she advanced rapidly to become one of the nation's highest paid ad copywriters in the early 1960s. In 1959 she married David Brown who was producer of Jaws, The Sting, Cocoo ...more

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Average rating: 3.43 · 1,421 ratings · 245 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sex and The Single Girl 3.39 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Having It All: Love, Success, Sex, Money, Even If You're Starting with Nothing 3.72 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex and the Office 3.39 avg rating — 54 ratings — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Late Show: A Semiwild but Practical Survival Plan for Women over 50 3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm Wild Again 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Pussycat: Mash Notes and Missives from the Desk of Cosmopolitan's Legendary Editor 3.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writer's Rules: The Power Of Positive Prose--how To Create It And Get It Published 3.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Helen Gurley Brown's Outrageous Opinions 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex and the New Single Girl, Revised and Updated Edition for the Seventies 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Single Girl's Cookbook by Helen Gurley Brown, Frank Daniel (Drawings) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“good girls go to heaven and bad girls go everywhere”
― Helen Gurley Brown

tags: feminism, humor, naughty, sex, virginity

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“Feeling insecure is good for you. It forces you to do something better, drives you to use all your talents.”
― Helen Gurley Brown

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“Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork — reading, writing, thinking — can.
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― Helen Gurley Brown

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