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Helen Gurley Brown
Helen Gurley Brown was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.
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Born 18 February 1922 · Died 13 August 2012 · Q254738
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1997· 1 entry
Brown was ousted from her role as the U
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1996· 1 entry
At age 74 due to her increasing disconnection from young women, Brown went on to be editor of the international Cosmopolitan magazines
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1965· 3 entries
Career landmark: editor-in-chief (1965–1997).
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Brown became editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, then a literary magazine famed for high-toned content, and reinvented it as a magazine for the modern single career-woman
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Gurley Brown took over as editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and was in that position until 1997
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1964· 1 entry
The book inspired the film of the same name starring Natalie Wood
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1962· 1 entry
Brown's book Sex and the Single Girl was published in 28 countries, and stayed on the bestseller lists for over a year
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1959· 1 entry
Married David Brown, who later became a noted film producer
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1947· 1 entry
Cleo and Mary moved to Cleo's native Osage, Arkansas, while Helen stayed in Los Angeles
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1937· 1 entry
Gurley, her older sister Mary Eloine (later Mrs
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1922· 1 entry
Born 1922-02-18.
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