Bad Girls Go Everywhere

<b>The biography of the revolutionary magazine editor who created the Cosmo Girl before <i>Sex and the City</i>'s Carrie Bradshaw was even born <p/></b>As the author of the iconic <i>Sex and the Single Girl</i> (1962) and the editor-in-chief of <i>Cosmopolitan</i> magazine for over three decades Helen Gurley Brown (1922-2012) changed how women thought about sex money and their bodies in a way that resonates in our culture today. In Jennifer Scanlon's widely acclaimed biography the award-winning scholar reveals Brown's incredible life story from her escape from her humble beginnings in the Ozarks to her eyebrow-raising exploits as a young woman in New York City and her late-blooming career as the world's first lipstick feminist. A mesmerizing tribute to a legend <i>Bad Girls Go Everywhere</i> will appeal to everyone from <i>Sex and the City</i> and <i>Mad Men </i>fans to students of women's history and media studies.