Helen Gurley Brown died Monday morning (August 13) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia after a brief hospitalization, the publisher said.
"Helen was one of the world's most recognized magazine editors and book authors, and a true pioneer for women in journalism -- and beyond," Hearst Chief Executive Frank Bennack said.
It was Gurley Brown who invented today's notion of a modern woman -- one who could have both a successful career and an exciting, satisfying sex life, said Bonnie Fuller, the influential magazine editor who took over at Cosmopolitan when Gurley Brown stepped down in 1997.
"Young women today don't realize the legacy that they owe her," Fuller said in an interview with CNN.
For those of you who don't know (of) HGB or Betty Friedan or Gloria Steinem - Google is your friend. We (both men & women) have much to thank these ladies for, in how far women have come in life; in a personal way, in business, in respect, in drive, in expectations, and in happiness in striving for more!
"My own philosophy is if you're not having sex, you're finished. It separates the girls from the old people." - HGB.
Amen!
