Trendsetters: Helen Gurley Brown

<p>Helen Gurley Brown (c.1922-2012) helped shape a new vision of working girls. As editor and chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and author of the international bestseller “Sex and the Single Girl,” she advocated (sometimes controversially) for women’s sexual freedom and autonomy.</p> <p><strong>For Further Reading:</strong></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Helen-Gurley-Brown">Helen Gurley Brown</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/business/media/helen-gurley-brown-who-gave-cosmopolitan-its-purr-is-dead-at-90.html">Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave ‘Single Girl’ a Life in Full, Dies at 90</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/26/486803177/collards-and-canoodling-how-helen-gurley-brown-promoted-premarital-cooking">Collards and Canoodling: How Helen Gurley Brown Promoted Premarital Cooking</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/11/helenism-helen-gurley-brown-cosmo-girl">Helenism</a></li> <li aria-level="1">The Open Mind Video Interview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksqGqk8yEU">Part 1</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFzqJy1jJAE">Part 2</a></li> </ul> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">This month, we're talking about Trendsetters: Women whose vision, style and willingness to break barriers changed culture — from what we wear to how we behave.</p> <p>History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should.</p> <p>Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one wom