Cover of Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown

Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown

"The first biography of Helen Gurley Brown, author of the 1962 international bestseller Sex and the Single Girl and 32-year editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. Scanlon had unprecedented access to Brown's papers, and she presents Brown in the context of the feminist movement, highlighting her role as an advocate of professional accomplishment and sexual freedom for women"—Provided by publisher.

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