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The legacy of Helen Gurley Brown, former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, is remembered after she passed away at the age of 90 on August 13, 2012. Gail Sheehy, a journalist who knew Brown very well, recalls the type of person she was–claiming that Brown turned her back on the conventional life of a women at a young age and decided to live by the motto that women can have it all. Sheehy describes Brown’s upbringing as coming from nothing and how Brown introduced the idea of the self-made woman to Americans. Sheehy also goes on to describe the relationship that Brown had with the feminist movement, claiming that there was some tension between Brown’s beliefs and the “card-carrying” feminists’ beliefs. Brown’s main message, according to Sheehy, was that all women can make their own choices without men or money in the picture. All that is necessary is hard work.

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Revolutionizing the Self-Made Woman appeared first on Witnify.

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Joan Burnie, a columnist and associate editor at Cosmopolitan UK, describes what it was like to meet the former editor-in-chief of the magazine Helen Gurley Brown who passed away at the age of 90 on August 13, 2012. Burnie describes each of her visits to the office as “royal” and says that Brown did a lot to transform Cosmopolitan magazine. Journalist Penny Taylor also gives her opinion on the magazine editor and author, stating that even though Brown claimed to be a feminist, her stance on women and sex had outraged many in the feminist movement. Both Burnie and Taylor agree that Brown’s main outlook was that women could get everything they want out of life if they go about getting it the right way.

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Cosmopolitan’s Editor-in-Chief on Men, Money & Success appeared first on Witnify.