CONTENTS

1. Dedication
2. Epigraph
4. Prologue
5. 1   Real Estate
6. 2   Ground Rules
7. 3   Sex and the Not-So-Single Girl
8. 4   The Story Editor
9. 5   A Fun Scam
10. 6   Single Women of the World, Unite!
11. 7   The Decline of Western Civilization
12. 8   Something’s Got to Give
13. 9   The Woiking Girl’s Friend
14. 10   New York, New York
15. 11   The Meaning of Lunch
16. 12   A Strange Stirring
17. 13   Women Alone
18. 14   Peace Through Understanding
19. 15   In the Mail
20. 16   Femme
21. 17   For the Girl with a Job
22. 18   The Most Exciting Woman in the World
23. 19   The July Issue
24. 20   Techniques
25. 21   Pippy-Poo Copy
26. 22   Daddy’s Little Girl
27. 23   Going West
28. 24   Good Time Gurley
29. 25   Turning Points
30. 26   Self-Portrait
31. 27   Parlour Games
32. 28   James Bond on a Budget
33. 29   Mr. Right Is Dead
34. 30   That Cosmopolitan Girl
35. 31   The Iron Butterfly
36. 32   Resolutions
37. 33   The 92 Percent
38. 34   Nobody over Thirty
39. 35   The World’s Most Beautiful Byline
40. 36   Fake Pictures
41. 37   The Actress
42. 38   A Groovy Day on the Boardwalk
43. 39   Before and After
44. 40   A Viper in the Nest
45. 41   Women in Revolt
46. 42   The Strike
47. 43   Pitiful People
48. 44   Some Notes on a New Magazine . . .
49. 45   Enter Helen
50. 46   The Blue Goddess
51. 47   Cosmopolitan Nude Man
52. 48   Problems
53. 49   Two Faces of the Same Eve
54. 50   ERA and You
55. 51   Having It All
56. Epilogue
57. Acknowledgments
58. Notes
59. Index
60. About the Author
61. Also by Brooke Hauser
62. Credits
63. Copyright
64. About the Publisher