Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown March 2, 2010

On Tuesday, March 2, author Jennifer Scanlon will talk about her book, Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown (Oxford University Press, USA, 2009) at 7:00 p.m. in Room 212 (the Topping Room) in Old Chapel, located on R-MC’s historic campus.

Scanlon, professor of women's studies at Bowdoin College, published the first biography of Helen Gurley Brown, the legendary editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. Scanlon argues that Brown is a major figure in the feminist movement because she articulated a powerful place for single women. Scanlon will also discuss how Helen Gurley Brown contributed to third-wave feminism. Bad Girls Go Everywhere has received national and international acclaim and will be released this year as a Penguin paperback. It received starred reviews in Library Journal and Booklist and was named a Book of the Times, New York Times; Book of the Week, The Week; Must Read Book, Sunday Times (London); Must Read Book, Harper’s Bazaar; and Best Business Book of 2009, Marketplace.

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