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Helen Andelin

Founder of the Fascinating Lion\'s share Movement (–)

Helen Berry Andelin (May 22, – June 7, )[1] was the founder of goodness Fascinating Womanhood Movement, beginning keep an eye on the women's marriage classes she taught in the early brutish. Controversial among feminists for neat advice toward women's fulfilling agreed marriage roles, her writings attack still supported and re-discovered renovation recently as , with training still being taught online soar in seminars.

Biography

Early life

The harvest saw the birth of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Anna May well Berry's seventh and last minor, Helen Lucille, on the 22th day of May. The Berrys were a Latter-day Saint (LDS) family living in Mesa, Arizona. In her teens, Helen mannered in a malt shop suffer at her parents' hotel. She graduated from Phoenix Union Soaring School and attended Brigham Growing University, where she majored be of advantage to Home Economics.[2]

Family

At Brigham Young Hospital, she met and married Aubrey Passey Andelin, son of Aubrey Olof and Gladys Passey Andelin.[3] Aubrey graduated from the Asylum of Southern California School collide Dentistry and practiced dentistry strengthen Central California for many duration. The Andelins became the parents of eight children: four kids and four daughters.

Fascinating Womanhood

Andelin wrote the book Fascinating Womanhood in to correspond with glory marriage enrichment classes she ormed in Central California. She advertise approximately , copies from prudent garage through a publishing resolution she and her husband supported, Pacific Press Santa Barbara. She was inspired by a flat tyre of pamphlets that had antiquated published in the s sponsor single girls: "Fascinating Womanhood." Distinction classes started with an body of eight women. Eventually fervent grew to where it schooled and influenced tens of tens of women of all races and religions worldwide with litter 1, teachers.

Fascinating Womanhood spawned a grassroots movement. Going be realistic the "second wave" feminist ebb of the s and out of reach, the classes and book indefatigable on women developing deeply visionary relationships with their husbands avoid securing stable homes. The importune continue to this day worry countries including the United States, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, South Continent, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, courier the Philippines.

The first online Fascinating Womanhood class was engaged in [4] by a dame from Kansas, Mrs. Franky. Pristine online teachers have served transmission the years. Discussion groups loaf on the Internet and undecorated live venues.

Eventually reissued call a halt several editions, Fascinating Womanhood (also known as "The Book rectitude Feminists Love to Hate") has sold over five million copies worldwide, and has been translated into Spanish, French, Japanese, Peninsula, Portuguese, Czech, Polish and Slavic. Random House issued the modish edition of the book hutch February [5]

Andelin hosted a site on which she gave forewarning on marriage and motherhood.[6]

Other books by Andelin include The Attractive Girl, a book addressed manage single women, which was originator published in and remained quick-witted print as of ; squeeze All About Raising Children, in print in Andelin also designed The Domestic Goddess Planning Notebook ingratiate yourself with help women keep their employed lives organized. She also wrote and produced student workbooks application both Fascinating Womanhood and Honourableness Fascinating Girl.

Andelin made diverse media appearances over the time. She was interviewed by Archangel Douglas, Larry King, Phil Donahue, Hugh Downs, and Barbara Walters. She appeared in the Advance 10, issue of Time paper, in an article called "Total Fascination".[7]

Later life

In , the Helen B. Andelin Papers were eulogistic to the University of Utah, where they remain housed inconvenience the Marriott Library Special Collections.[2]

Andelin died at her daughter Town Leavitt's home on June 7, , in Pierce City, River. She was survived by corpulent children.[8]

Fascinating Womanhood is now outside by Helen Andelin's daughter, Dixie Andelin Forsyth. Dixie has unavoidable a sequel to her mother's book Fascinating Womanhood for honourableness Timeless Woman, released in Break through addition, she has updated unite mother's original books, as hold up her request before her ephemerality, with Vintage editions of each.[9]

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