Helen Gurley Brown Among feminists, Brown's role has been highly contested as empowering women to be unashamed of their sexual urges and as creating a magazine that may live on as a sexist magazine with a body image problem. However, some feminists feel that the sexism in our world cannot be blamed all on "Cosmopolitan" and Brown, with other magazines circulating that objectify women's bodies. These other people look at Brown's work as both "progressive and retrogressive" when it comes to the feminist movement. Helen Gurley Brown Helen Gurley Brown (February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012; born Helen Marie Gurley) was an
Helen S. Conant (1887) by Désiré Charnay from French with J. Gonino. Many of Conant's articles were published in various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly, for which her husband was managing editor from 1869 until his disappearance in 1885. Conant contributed many of her poems to various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Bazar, for which she was an editor. Helen S. Conant Helen Stevens Conant (October 9, 1839 – April 17, 1899) was an American author, poet, and translator. Helen Charlotte Peters Stevens was born to Abiel Stevens and Charlotte Stevens (née Peters) on October 9, 1839