Curley Brown Research Paper

Although there are many famous Arkansans, Helen Marie Gurley Brown was one of the most influential and meaningful women of the 20th century. American writer, Helen Brown, lived a fulfilled life as a successful editor-in-chief, author, advice-giver, and loving wife. Even though Helen Brown has since then died, she has still maintained to influence and inspire feminists on into the 21st century. Helen Marie Gurley Brown was born in Green Forest, Arkansas, on February 18, 1922. Her parents were Ira and Cleo Gurley. She had one sibling, Mary Gurley. Soon after, her father, in 1923, finished law school and became a state legislator. Because of this, the family was forced to move to Little Rock, Arkansas, and settled in the Pulaski Heights neighborhood. In 1932, ten-year-old Helen was devastated with the loss of her father. He was killed in an elevator accident at the Arkansas State Capitol building while in the running for Arkansas secretary of state. During the years that Helen attended Pulaski Heights Junior High, she enjoyed spending her free time playing at the country club with her friends. In 1937, Helen and her family moved to Los Angeles, California. A few …show more content…
She will always be remembered as the greatest ‘Cosmo Girl’ that ever lived.One of my favorite Helen Gurley quote is, “I think you keep two sets of books. In one set, you record the truth — how well you are really doing. This is the secret set — just for you and loved ones. In the other set are more modest entries and statements, and these are for public consumption!” Helen’s motto that she lived by was, “Doing what we feel we have to do for ourselves — even if inconvenient to others — is how we stay alive and occasionally get something we want. Underneath — possibly way underneath baffling behavior — is the likelihood the behavior is answering somebody's (dumb or reasonable) need” (“Helen Gurley Brown,