1.4 Using the Women's “Libbers” photograph
Introductory script
This is a photograph of Helen Gurley Brown. She was born in 1922, so this photograph is taken in 1964, a few years after the publication of her bestselling book, Sex and the Single Girl. In 1966, she became editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, a woman’s magazine. She contributed her philosophy to the failing magazine, and created the image of the “Cosmo Girl,” who represents a woman who has everything from love to money. Her work played a part in what is known as the sexual revolution.
The photograph
Follow-up questions
- What is the first thing that strikes you about this photograph?
- Even though the times are different, how does this photo contrast to what you see on the front of the magazine Cosmopolitan?
- Is what you have learned about Helen Gurley Brown consistent with what you might infer from this photograph?
- What is your feeling about Mrs. Brown’s philosophy?
Contents
- 1 For teachers
- 1.1Lesson plan: Changing roles of women
- 1.2Using the Suffragettes photograph
- 1.3Using the Suffragettes interview
- 1.4Using the Women's “Libbers” photograph
- 1.5Using the Women's “Libbers” interview
- 1.6Using the Society's Attitudes towards Women interview
- 1.7Using the Political Theories interview
- 1.8Using the Domestic Historical Perspective interview
- 1.9Using the International Historical Perspective interview
- 2 For students
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