Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012)
Autor von Sex und ledige Mädchen
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Helen Marie Gurley was born in Green Forest, Arkansas on February 18, 1922. She studied briefly at Texas State College for Women, but did have the money to continue. She graduated from secretarial school in 1941. She held numerous secretarial jobs before becoming an advertising copywriter. In 1959 mehr anzeigen she married David Brown, a former managing editor of Cosmopolitan and a Hollywood producer. Her first book, Sex and the Single Girl, was published in 1962 and inspired a movie of the same title starring Natalie Wood, which was released in 1964. She was the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine from 1965 until 1997 and is credited with being the first to introduce frank discussions of sex into magazines for women. Her other books include Sex and the Office, Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook, Sex and the New Single Girl, Having It All, I'm Wild Again, and The Late Show. She died on August 13, 2012 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: World Telegram & Sun photo by John Bottega, 1964 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-125119)
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Brown, Helen Marie Gurley
- Geburtstag
- 1922-02-18
- Todestag
- 2012-08-13
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Green Forest, Arkansas, USA
- Sterbeort
- New York, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Warm Springs, Georgia, USA - Ausbildung
- Woodbury University
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- advertising copywriter
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- Cosmopolitan
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Every day takes courage + effort
She's one of the most successful women in America, and now you can sit down and listen to her best advice, in her own voice - as if she were you best friend sharing a cup of coffee and telling all her secrets. Best-selling author and editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown has become model for women who won't settle for less than the best in their lives. In this intimate, revealing book, she invites you to follow her personal, passionate program.… (mehr)