Quick Facts
- Born in Green Forest, Arkansas.
- She was the orignal Peggy Olson having worked for Foote, Cone & Belding advertising agency as a secretary. Once her employer recognized her strong writing skills, she was hired as a copywriter and went on to become one of the nation's highest paid ad copywriters in the early 1960s.
- She was the editor-in-chief of
Cosmopolitan magazine from 1965-1997.
- Became a critically acclaimed author leading the feminist movement with the release of “Sex and the Single Girl” in the 1960s.
- Married David Brown, who became a leading Hollywood producer. He produced movies like,
The Sting,
Jaws,
Cocoon, and
Driving Miss Daisy.
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