UUM_A0754.xml Guide to the Helen B. Andelin audio collection Andelin (Helen B.) audio collection Finding aid created by Molly Creel. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2012 (last modified: 2026)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-08. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Helen B. Andelin audio collection Andelin, Helen B. A0754 1 audiocassette 1976 The Helen B. Andelin audio collection (1976) consists of an abridged audiobook recording of Andelin's 1963 book, Fascinating Womanhood. A proponent of traditional gender roles, which she believed were the key to a successful marriage, Andelin originally wrote the book in 1963 to correspond with the marriage enrichment classes she was teaching. The Fascinating Womanhood movement continues to thrive today. English

Helen B. Andelin (1920-2009) was born Helen Berry in Mesa, Arizona. A devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Helen Berry attended Brigham Young University, where she met and married Aubrey Passey Andelin (1918-1999). Hoping to share the secret of her own happy marriage with other women, Helen Andelin began teaching marriage enrichment classes and wrote and initially self published her controversial book, Fascinating Womanhood. Emphasizing traditional domestic roles for women, Andelin's teachings conflicted with other women's movements of the era; however, the Fascinating Womanhood movement gained a strong following which is still alive today. Andelin continued to be active in the movement until her death in 2009.

The Helen B. Andelin audio collection (1976) consists of an abridged audiobook recording of Andelin's 1963 book, Fascinating Womanhood. The cassette was produced and distributed by the Success Motivation Institute of Waco, Texas. It has been digitized and is available to listen to on compact disc.

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Donated by Helen Andelin in 2003.

Processed by Molly Creel in 2012.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

 Marriage--United States--Sources Sex role--Sources Interpersonal relations Home and Family Sound Recordings Sound recordings Facinating Womanhood audiobook 1976 audiocassette sound 1

Abridged audio recording of Helen Andelin's 1963 book advocating traditional domestic roles for women.