Helen Gurley Brown Helen Gurley Brown Helen Gurley Brown (February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012; born Helen Marie Gurley) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of "Cosmopolitan" magazine for 32 years. Helen Marie Gurley was born February 18, 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas, the daughter of Cleo Fred (née Sisco; 1893-1980) and Ira Marvin Gurley. At one time her father was appointed Commissioner of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. After his election to the Arkansas state legislature the family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. He died in an elevator accident on June 18, 1932. In 1937,
Helen Stuart Campbell endocarditis and nephritis in 1918. Her remains were taken to Eliot. Helen Stuart Campbell Helen Stuart Campbell (pen names, Helen Weeks, Helen Campbell, Helen Wheaton; July 5, 1839 – July 22, 1918) was an author, editor, social and industrial reformer, as well as a pioneer in the field of home economics. Her "Household Economics" (1897) was an early textbook in the field of domestic science. Her first literary work was a series of stories for children, which appeared between 1864 and 1870 in "Our Young Folks" and "The Riverside Magazine", and in book form as the "Ainslee Series"; then, in