Helen Gurley Brown: The original Carrie Bradshaw

Found in: Books of The Times
April 22, 2009

Written by a Man!
DWIGHT GARNER



This article raises much to be debated. It is rift with prejudice about women, about the uneducated and those who were educated (at great cost and effort in private colleges), and the effect of the women movement on today's second sex.

Helen Gurley Brown author of “Sex and the Single Girl” (1962) and the editor of Coismopolitan for three decades was the first "tough sexy woman" to take public notice and female followers who sought out her teachings because they entertained and made life a little nicer. She helped the "single women" be single without fear of recrimination and she pushed for common sense about issues where common sense was not formerly exercised.

Certainly a woman to be studied and talked about. This book Helen Gurley Brown The original Carrie Bradshaw is well worth a read. I recommend it for selection at your next women's book or study group.



Linda Zises
WBAI Women Collective