- Paperback: 285 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (31 Aug 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0143118129
- ISBN-13: 978-0143118121
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 16.3 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Before it became famous as the birthplace of Helen Gurley Brown, Green Forest, Arkansas, a tiny town in the Ozarks, was known principally for two things: its individualistic traditions and its bawdy folklore. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Before it became famous as the birthplace of Helen Gurley Brown, Green Forest, Arkansas, a tiny town in the Ozarks, was known principally for two things: its individualistic traditions and its bawdy folklore. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
f I could, I'd give the writing of this book the five stars I did, but give the subject of the book, Helen Gurley Brown, two stars for her very existence. The author wrote an almost scholarly bio of Brown and her very heavy influence on society from the publication of her first book, Sex and the Single Girl in 1962 to her three decade-long editorialship (and redefining of) the magazine Cosmopolitan.
Brown DID have a great influence on post-war American women, "okaying" their position in the workplace, and telling them that it was "okay" to stay single and - gasp - enjoy an active love life. Even with - gasp - married men. The women Brown was writing for were not the ones later aimed at by feminists. These women were the secretaries and other white-collar workers, who maybe didn't attend college and were not aiming for "careers", but rather to get along in life. Betty Friedan - contrasted with Brown - was writing for the college-educated lawyer and doctors-to-be.
Brown's "girls" were urged to take advantage of men, in ways both financial and personal. In many sneaky and underhanded ways, Brown, tells her "girls" to score both money and other material objects from men. And that's what I always felt was dishonest about Helen Gurley Brown. She condoned "girls" sleeping with married men (while pointing out the obvious disadvantages) but I wonder how SHE would have felt had David Brown had affairs?
I can recommend the book for the writing as well as the analysis. I still didn't like Helen Gurley Brown, but I feel I understand her better.
Brown DID have a great influence on post-war American women, "okaying" their position in the workplace, and telling them that it was "okay" to stay single and - gasp - enjoy an active love life. Even with - gasp - married men. The women Brown was writing for were not the ones later aimed at by feminists. These women were the secretaries and other white-collar workers, who maybe didn't attend college and were not aiming for "careers", but rather to get along in life. Betty Friedan - contrasted with Brown - was writing for the college-educated lawyer and doctors-to-be.
Brown's "girls" were urged to take advantage of men, in ways both financial and personal. In many sneaky and underhanded ways, Brown, tells her "girls" to score both money and other material objects from men. And that's what I always felt was dishonest about Helen Gurley Brown. She condoned "girls" sleeping with married men (while pointing out the obvious disadvantages) but I wonder how SHE would have felt had David Brown had affairs?
I can recommend the book for the writing as well as the analysis. I still didn't like Helen Gurley Brown, but I feel I understand her better.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As someone who came of age reading HGBrown's book Sex and the Single Girl, and glad of the confidence which came of reading her books and magazine, I was delighted to read Jennifer Scanlon's biography of her. Finally HGB is getting the recognition she fully deserves. A well rounded and researched portrayal.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a thoughtful and scholarly account of the life of Helen Gurley Brown whose influence on my generation through 'Sex and the Single Girl' and 'Cosmopolitan' was profound. Ms Scanlon is a model biographer, generally sympathetic but not oblivious to the contradictions in HGB's character which she explores with a nice combination of honesty and delicacy. The author contextualises HGB's feminism, contrasting it with others whose take was different, such as Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, in a style that is accessible and mercifully jargon-free but also intelligent and polished. It is also good to be reminded how far women have come from the oppressive, limiting, hypocritical fifties and sixties.
A pity about the title though: fine for a light Cosmo article, but I would be sorry if potential readers were to assume that it's just a lightweight biog. and therefore miss out on an interesting, authoritative and thought-provoking work.
A pity about the title though: fine for a light Cosmo article, but I would be sorry if potential readers were to assume that it's just a lightweight biog. and therefore miss out on an interesting, authoritative and thought-provoking work.
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