Celebrating the life of

Helen Gurley Brown

18 Feb 2022 - 13 Aug 2012

Helen Gurley Brown was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman who passed away at the age of 90 due to natural causes. She is best known as the long-serving editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years. Brown and her husband donated $30-million to two University Schools to develop journalism in the context of new technologies. Born 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas, she attended T... more

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22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla Worked as a secretary for "Foote, Cone & Belding" advertising agency

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla She was named, "Editor of the Year" by Advertising Age magazine

She declared herself a "devout feminist"

Kathy Montilla22 Aug 2014

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla Brown was named the "13th-most-powerful American" over the age of 80 by Slate magazine

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla She received a "Matrix Award" from New York Women in Communications

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla Brown and her husband established the "Brown Institute for Media Innovation" housed at 2 University Schools

A tribute to Helen Gurley Brown

Kathy Montilla22 Aug 2014

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla Born 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas

Brown passed away on August 13, 2012 at the McKeen Pavilion at New York–Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia, age 90

Kathy Montilla22 Aug 2014

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla Married to David Brown for 51 years from 1959 until he passed away in 2010

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla Brown became the editor-in-chief of "Cosmopolitan" for 32 years from 1965 to 1997

Brown sits down for interview at "The Tonight Show" with David Brenner

Kathy Montilla22 Aug 2014

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla In 1997, Brown was replaced as the U.S. editor of "Cosmopolitan"

22 Aug 2014

Kathy Montilla She quotes, "I was mousy on the outside but inside I'm a tiger and I have to get on with it"