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This female Mad Men-like account chronicles the legendary Cosmopolitan journal editor's climb to electricity as both a ethnical icon and a trailblazer who redefined what it means to be an American female. In the mid-'60s, Helen Gurley Brown, author of the groundbreaking Gender and the Single Girl, took over the ailing Cosmopolitan journal and revamped it into one of the most successful brands on the planet. At the same time when magazines taught housewives how to make the perfect casserole, Helen reimagined Cosmo and womanhood itself, championing the 3rd party, ambitious, man-loving single female. Though she was wedded to Hollywood company David Brown, no-one embodied the thought of the Cosmo Young lady more than the Ozarks-born Helen, who willed, worked, and - yes - once in a while slept her way to the very best, eventually becoming one of the most influential media players on the planet. Sketching on new interviews with Helen's friends and past colleagues as well as her personal words, Enter Helen brings New York City vibrantly alive during the erotic revolution and the women's motion and includes a cast of personas including Hugh Hefner, Nora Ephron, and Gloria Steinem. It is the cinematic story of the icon who bucked convention, identified her own destiny, and became a controversial model for modern feminism, laying the groundwork for television set shows like Gender and the City and Young ladies. "Bad feminist" or not, Helen Gurley Brown got people speaking - about intimacy, work, reproductive choices, and having it all - permanently changing the talk.
