Sex and the New Single Girl
Handbook
By: Helen Gurley Brown
Date: 1970
Source: Brown, Helen Gurley. "The Rich, Full Life." In Sex and the New Single Girl. New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1970, 253–254, 257–258, 262–263, 273,
About the Author: Helen Gurley Brown (1922–) wrote Sex and the Single Girl, an advice-style book targeted to young, single, working women; it was one of the ten best-selling books of 1962. Sex and the Office followed in 1964, and in 1965 Gurley Brown became editor of Cosmopolitan, a dying general-interest magazine. After Gurley Brown revamped its format to emphasize issues of interest to single women in their twenties, the magazine's fortunes immediately rebounded.
Introduction
Bored with her work as an advertising copywriter, Helen Gurley Brown seized upon her husband's suggestion that she write a self-help book aimed at young,...
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