Helen Gurley Brown; Author, Editor, Arkansan

"Today New york City lost a pioneer who reshaped not only the entire media industry, but the nation's culture.  She was a role model for the millions of women whose private thoughts, wonders and dreams she addressed so brilliantly in print." - Mayor Mike Bloomberg of New York.  The state of Arkansas also lost one of our most celebrated natives.  She was an advocate for women being themselves, taking charge, and being empowered.  She was editor-in-chief of one of the world's leading beauty magazines, Cosmopolitan Magazine.   Through her work, she pioneered a way for women to be beautiful, confident, and have it all.  "get everything out of life -- the money, recognition, success, men, prestige, authority, dignity -- whatever she is looking at through the glass her nose is pressed against." - Helen Gurley Brown