Bridge on the River Kwai, The (film), 13
Brockway, George, 93
Broderick, Matthew, 385
Brown, Bruce, 76, 317
death of, 381
and Helen, 13, 29, 63, 71
Brown, David, 5–6, 37, 367
advice and support from, 15, 24, 26, 31, 33, 36, 51, 58, 129, 136, 142–43, 145, 201, 208, 246, 330, 350
character study of, 11–12
and Cosmopolitan, see Cosmopolitan
dating, 11–12, 13–15
death and gravestone of, 382, 383, 387–88, 389, 390
early career of, 26–29
early years of, 10–11
as editor, 27–28, 74, 127–28, 129
European tour of, 236–37
and Femme, 122–25
and film industry, 28–29, 47, 54, 55–59, 73, 74, 131, 235, 318–20, 359–60, 388
first meeting of Helen and, 9–10
as ghostwriter, 26
and Helen, as a team, 51, 73, 118, 122, 131, 206, 207, 317–18, 381–82
and Helen’s career, 128, 135–36, 156
interviews and media stories about, 17, 25, 73, 317
Let Me Entertain You, 11, 28, 56, 142, 317, 318, 359
mentors of, 28
and Ms., 364
and New York, 104
previous wives of, 6, 29, 63, 76
proposals for TV shows, 118–20, 198
and Sex and the Single Girl, 17, 24, 31–32, 33, 38, 44, 50–51, 58, 59, 73, 128
wedding of Helen and, 29, 31, 36, 37
Zanuck/Brown Company, 348–49, 359–60
Brown, Edward, 10
Brown, Helen Gurley, 37, 80, 116, 162, 174, 187, 190, 193, 197, 244, 321, 371
ad agency jobs of, 17, 30–31, 40–42, 44, 51, 64, 72, 96, 132, 247
and aging, 373, 378–84, 386
ambition of, 196, 231
audience of (her girls), 163, 164–65, 166, 203–5, 246, 288
on book tours, 46, 71–72, 228
childhood of, 166–77, 368–69, 382
and children, 361, 381–82, 385
contracts of, 135, 136, 372
and Cosmopolitan, see Cosmopolitan
and David, see Brown, David
death of, 384–89, 390
early years of, see Gurley, Helen
fan mail to, 67–68, 71, 72–73, 87, 122, 164
and generation gap, 257, 277–78, 287, 293–94, 352, 354, 366, 378
Having It All, 166, 206, 367, 372–73
homes of, 29–30, 78
I’m Wild Again, 185, 194, 381, 387
influence of, 32, 60, 64–65, 117, 206, 213, 330–32, 363–64, 373, 385, 389
influences on, 104, 105–6, 214, 355, 364
insecurities of, 136, 142–43, 145, 160, 196, 214, 320–23, 348, 355, 381
interviews with, 17, 22–24, 47, 48–49, 68, 115–16, 117–18, 135, 144, 150, 161–62, 230–32, 288, 317, 330, 352, 367–73
The Late Show, 381
legacy of, 380
letters written by, 25–26, 65, 169, 200–201, 323
and Lou, 59–66, 382–84; see also Pittman, Norma Lou
and men, 196–97, 386
and Miss America, 287
and money, 72, 323, 330, 382, 384, 386
Outrageous Opinions, 235, 242
overexposure of, 118
proposed musical about, 1–3, 195; see also Tornabene, Lyn
public image of, 116, 361–62, 371–72, 380, 381, 386–87
and publicity, 38, 39–42, 48–51, 68–69, 72, 115–18, 135
rise to fame, 23, 54, 67, 131, 161
as self-created, 161, 200, 274, 330
as storyteller, 143, 168–69, 206, 368–69
style/techniques of, 156, 157, 159–60, 201, 274, 299
syndicated newspaper column (“Woman Alone”) by, 59, 72–73, 79, 101–2, 103, 106, 201, 235
TV talk show of, 235, 242
uniqueness of, 161–62
voice of, 21–22, 115
weight obsession of, 237, 384
and women’s liberation, 287, 307, 308, 310–12, 316, 317, 332, 333, 359, 362, 363–66, 370
work ethic of, 54, 68–69, 117, 240, 259, 322–23, 355, 368, 380
see also Sex and the Office; Sex and the Single Girl
Brown, Jim, 265
Brown, Lillian, 10
Brown Institute for Media Innovation, 384
Brownmiller, Susan, 302, 304–7, 332
In Our Time, 301
Bryan, Cleo Gurley, 3, 367, 382
death of, 367
early years of, see Gurley, Cleo
and Leigh’s death, 194
marriage to Leigh, 192
Bryan, Leigh, 170, 171, 182–84, 192, 194
Brydges, Earl W., 333
Bulldog Beer, 198
Burke, Billie, 153
Burton, Eve, 382, 388
Burton, Richard, 57, 58, 152
Caine, Michael, 264
Campbell, Mary, 134, 281
Capote, Truman, 103
Caravaggio, 340
Carbine, Patricia, 211–12, 316, 324, 326–29, 356, 362, 364
Career Girl, Watch Your Step! (Wylie), 98, 102–3
Carter, John Mack, 304–6, 312, 362
Cassini, Oleg, 106
Cather, Willa, 27
Catholic Digest, 40
Cavalier, 25
Ceballos, Jacqui, 306, 308, 314–15
Cerf, Bennett, 239
Charleston Gazette, 53
Chavez, Cesar, 264
Checker, Chubby, 76
Chisholm, Shirley, 313, 324
Christie, Julie, 215
Civil Rights Act (1964), 111–12
civil rights movement, 34, 98, 111–12
Clairol, 217
Clark, Wayne, 6, 10, 29
Clay, Cassius, 161
Cleopatra (film), 47, 56–58, 73, 74, 131
Clinton, Hillary, 386
Coburn, James, 340, 342
Coca-Cola, 210
Cochran, Jacqueline, 26
Cocoon (film), 388
Colbert, Claudette, 57, 176
Coles, Joanna, 376
Collier’s, 27
Condé Nast, 134
Connery, Sean, 218
Connors, William, 258
Cooke, Charles, 198–99
Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, 314, 352
Cosmopolitan:
ad revenues of, 231
advertising luncheons at “21” Club, 226–28
audience for, 163, 164, 166, 201, 202–3, 204–5, 209–10, 212, 214, 219–20, 221, 225, 228, 229, 249–50, 271, 293, 353
August issue (Helen’s second), 216, 218
changing style of, 375–78
cover price of, 215
covers, 146–48, 162, 207–8, 209, 218, 224, 225–26, 229, 246, 258, 261, 336, 342, 367, 375
creative reporting encouraged in, 248–49, 270, 271–74
David as editor of, 5, 27, 28, 127–28, 129
David’s advice and help to Helen on, 129–31, 142–43, 145, 156, 201, 207, 208, 247
decline of, 27–28, 158, 163, 231, 352–53
editorial budget of, 214
editorial content of, 148–50, 207, 208, 214–15, 218, 221, 225, 247– 48, 269, 291–92, 294, 376–78
estrogen therapy article in, 148–50, 207, 208
and Femme, 125, 129
Helen as editor-in-chief of, 131, 134, 135–43, 161–65, 200–201, 209, 218, 280–82, 307, 323, 360, 372, 376, 379
Helen’s editorial column (“Step Into My Parlour”), 200–201, 204–5, 206–7, 221, 222, 237, 341, 348
Helen’s editorial work in, 141–42, 145, 157–58, 216–18, 246, 296
Helen’s final years in, 376–82
Helen’s first days with, 137–42, 145, 155, 162, 213
Helen’s ideas for, 129–31, 150–51, 153, 157, 162, 163, 200–201, 202, 205, 258–60, 261–62, 273–74, 294–98, 354, 371, 379
international editions of, 348, 354, 376, 379–8
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July issue (Helen’s first), 142, 144–54, 161, 162, 201, 207–12, 368
makeovers in, 288, 289–91
and Ms., 325, 328–29, 351–56, 364–65
new direction of, 129–31, 139, 150, 151, 157, 162, 202, 208, 209–11, 228
nude centerfold in, 339–47
“Pussycat” nickname and logo, 156–57, 221
rumors at, 138–39, 140–41, 157
sales figures for, 209, 211, 230, 307
secretaries in, 138, 139, 144, 237–39, 238, 288, 290–91
spoofs of, 336
staff changes in, 140–41, 145, 150–51, 155, 158, 241, 242–43, 280–81, 337–38
staff meetings and memos in, 244, 244, 245–48, 271–72, 294–98, 365
success of, 209, 230–32
That Cosmopolitan Girl, 203, 225, 229, 246, 258, 261, 268, 308, 313, 328, 351, 373, 375, 378–79
three issues in progress at once, 218
and women’s liberation, 307, 308, 312–13, 316, 325, 330, 333, 357, 362–63
writers for, 152–53, 155, 158, 163, 201, 202, 215, 216, 219, 240, 262–63, 269, 289
Cottin, Letty, 45
and Bernard Geis, 17, 18–19
and Helen, 21–24, 34, 38, 47, 49, 87
as publicist, 16–17, 36–38, 39–45, 112, 118, 234
and Sex and the Office, 86, 112–13
and Sex and the Single Girl, 16–24, 36, 39–45, 87, 128
see also Pogrebin, Letty Cottin
Cousins, Norman, 281
Cowles, Fleur Fenton, 211
Cowles, Gardner “Mike” Jr., 211, 212
Cox, Linda, 207, 295–98, 337–38
Cox Landey & Partners, 375
Crawford, Joan, 39, 44, 46, 132, 274
Creaturo, Barbara, 344
Crook, Barbara Hustedt, 213–14, 242, 248, 261, 291, 297, 357
Curie, Marie, 196
Curtis, Tony, 121, 341
Dahmen, Cathee, 256
Dalí, Salvador, 105, 227
Das Kapital (Marx), 20
Dating Game, The (ABC-TV), 219
David, Saul, 59, 121
David Brown Associates, 26
Davis, Bette, 27, 274
Day, Doris, 44
Dear Teen-Ager (Van Buren), 18
Deems, Richard, 121
and Cosmopolitan, 130, 131, 158, 340, 341
and Eye, 254, 256, 280
and Femme, 129
and Helen, 130, 135, 214, 280
and nude centerfold, 340, 341
Delacorte, George T., 128
Deliverance (film), 342, 346
Dell’Olio, Anselma, 335
Dell Publishing Company, 128
DeMille, Cecil B., 57–58
Dempsey, Jack, 8, 198
De Santis, Mallen, 345, 366
as beauty editor, 227–28, 248, 290–92
on creating stories, 243, 248, 272
on makeovers, 288, 289, 290–91
Dew, Diana, 256
Dialectic of Sex, The (Firestone), 278
Diary of Anne Frank, The (film), 29
Didion, Joan:
“Bosses Make Lousy Lovers,” 115
Helen interviewed by, 117
Diggers, 253
DiMaggio, Joe, 56
Doda, Carol, 108–9
“Do Re Mi” (song), 183
Doubleday, 306, 307
Driving Miss Daisy (film), 388
Drown, Joe, 6
Duke, Patty, 47
Duncan (dog), 13
Dupuy, Frank Jr., 140, 214, 227, 231, 280
Dylan, Bob, 76
Dystel, Oscar, 47
Eastwood, Clint, 341
Edgar, Joanne, 327
Edmiston, Susan Szekely, 252, 254–56, 277–79, 335
Edwards, Vince, 265, 266–67
Eisenhower, Mamie, 97
Elements of Style (Strunk and White), 216
Emberg, Kelly, 375
English, T. J., The Savage City, 99–100
Enovid, 19
Ephron, Nora, 288–90, 293, 298, 335
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 303
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 324, 362–64
Erickson, Milton H., 198
Esquire, 128, 129, 146, 288, 298
Evans, Robert, 147
Every Night, Josephine (Susann), 104, 106, 218
Exhibitionist, The (Sutton), 37
Eye, 254–57, 277–82, 283, 335, 348
Fairchild, John, 105, 289
Farnham, Marynia, and Ferdinand Lundberg, Modern Women: The Lost Sex, 92
Farrow, Mia, 222
Fasteau, Brenda Feigen, 324–25
Fawcett Publications, 43
Fear of Flying (Jong), 364
Felker, Clay, 265, 334, 336
Feminine Forever (Wilson), 148–49
Feminine Mystique, The (Friedan), 90–94, 96, 126, 304
feminism, see women’s liberation movement
Femme, 122–30, 201
Ferderber, Skip, 116
Ferrer, Mel, 121–22
Few Good Men, A (film), 388
Fielding, Temple, 236
Finch, Peter, 58
Finkelstein, Nina, 327
Firestein, Chester, 42
Firestone, Shulamith, 306
The Dialectic of Sex, 278
Fisher, Eddie, 57, 147
Fisher, Karen, 297
Fleming, Ian, 74
Fonda, Henry, 121
Fonda, Jane, 270, 366
Fonda, Peter, 163
Foote, Cone & Belding, 14, 17, 25, 30, 64, 96, 132, 195, 204
Ford, Eileen, 148, 217
Ford, Judith Anne, 287
Foss, Lynn, 291
Fox Film Corporation, 57
Francis, Arlene, 239
Frankly Female (TV proposal), 118–19
French, Marilyn, 296
Friedan, Betty, 216, 232, 380
The Feminine Mystique, 90–94, 96, 126, 304
Life So Far, 89, 91, 309
and women’s liberation, 309, 310, 313, 315, 324, 333
Friedan, Carl, 91–92, 309
From Russia with Love (film), 108
Fuller, Bonnie, 379
Gable, Clark, 55
Garland, Judy, 234
gay rights, 316
G.D. Searle and Co., 19
Geis, Bernard “Berney”:
and Femme, 122, 125, 128, 129
and follow-up book (Sex and the Office), 69–71, 83, 84, 85–86, 96, 113
and Hearst, 121, 129
and Helen, 21, 22, 33, 38, 47, 67–68, 72, 83, 88, 121
and Letty, 17, 18–19
and publicity, 37–38, 40, 71–72, 128
publishing house of, 17–19, 39; see also Bernard Geis Associates General Motors Building, 137, 313, 357
Generation of Vipers (Wylie), 95
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (film), 13, 55, 385
George, Iris, 250
Gernreich, Rudi, 108, 236, 287
Gervis, Stephanie (later Harrington), 52
Getty, Jean Paul, 236
Gillespie, Dizzy, 245
Gingold, Judy, 302–3
Ginsberg, Allen, 253
Girls of Beverly Hills, The (Brown) [book proposal], 70
Glamour:
audience of, 126, 132, 259
David’s contributions to, 26
and Equal Rights Amendment, 362
Helen’s winning contest entry in, 132–34
job offer to Helen from, 281
Steinem’s contributions to, 263–64
Glover, Buddy, 111
Golightly, Holly (fict.), 21, 361
Gone with the Wind (film), 375
Good Girls Revolt, The (Povich), 303
Good Housekeeping, 27, 29, 35, 124, 126, 325, 362
Gornick, Vivian, 325
Gould, Elliott, 341
Gould, Robert E., 376–77
Grable, Betty, 5
Graham, Billy, 161
Graham, Katharine, 3
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Grant, Bev, 284
Grant, Cary, 226
Grapes of Wrath, The (Steinbeck), 183
Grateful Dead, 252, 253
Great Depression, 137, 152, 172, 178, 191
Greene, Gael, 227, 294
Green Forest, Arkansas, 167, 168 Greenson, Ralph, 56
Gregory (cat), 78, 80
Grossinger’s Catskills resort, 44
Groucho and Me (Marx), 18
Guber, Lee, 317
Guggenheim Museum, New York, 76
Gurley, Cleo (mother), 50, 320, 321
birth and early years of, 169–71
death of, 367, 383, 387, 390 depression of, 3, 6, 178, 179
Helen criticized by, 187, 188
Helen’s stories about, 8, 49, 206, 272, 322
Helen’s visits with, 8, 109–10, 367
and Ira’s death, 175–77, 178, 182, 192
and Leigh, 182–84; see also Bryan, Cleo Gurley
marriage of Ira and, 170–71
as seamstress, 171, 176–77
and Sex and the Single Girl, 49–50, 52, 66
as teacher, 168, 170, 171
working to support the family, 7, 192
Gurley, Helen Marie:
ad agency jobs of, 9, 14–15, 17, 25, 132, 204
ambitions of, 134, 193–94, 204
birth and childhood of, 166–77, 174, 178–84, 322
as contest winner, 132–34
and David, see Brown, David; Brown, Helen Gurley
and her father, 173
and her father’s death, 175, 178, 185
letters written by, 186
and men, 7–9, 25, 40, 159–60
secretarial jobs of, 6–7, 30, 44, 54, 96, 132, 144, 166, 198
teen years of, 186–91, 187, 190, 193, 203
therapy of, 198–99
work habits of, 14–15
Gurley, Ira Marvin (father):
death of, 3, 168, 173, 175, 178, 182, 192, 368, 387, 390 education of, 167
jobs of, 168, 172
marriage of Cleo and, 170–71
popularity of, 173
Gurley, Mary Eloine (sister), 64, 132
in a wheelchair, 3, 6, 193, 321
birth of, 171
childhood of, 170, 174, 175–77
death of, 383, 387, 390
Helen’s stories about, 8, 206, 322
Helen’s visits with, 8, 187, 320–22, 367
and her father’s death, 175, 183
polio of, 3, 7, 15, 168, 185–86, 188, 189, 191, 192
Gurley, Uncle John, 183
Guthrie, Woody, 183
Guy, William Carrington “Bill”:
as fiction editor, 145, 150, 151–52, 157–58, 240
heart attack of, 240–41
and Helen, 157–58, 209
and Meade, 155
pets of, 222
resignation of, 241
Guzzardo, Anthony, 151
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, 252–54
Hair (Broadway musical), 253
Hamill, Pete, 255
Hanisch, Carol, 283
“The Personal Is Political,” 300
Harlow, Jean, 132
Harper’s, 26, 326
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