Books and Authors: Betty FriedanBETH J. HARPAZ, Associated Press Writer
The second wave of feminism in the 1960s and 1970s witnessed the rise of feminist manifestos that aimed to challenge and redefine traditional gender roles. Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" (1963) sparked a national conversation about the dissatisfaction experienced by American women in their...
1. 'The Feminine Mystique,' Betty Friedan (1963) Image via Complex Original Widely credited with igniting the start of second-wave feminism, Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique remains one of the most important books about what it means to be a woman. Friedan originally set out to intervie...
Betty Friedan in 1963 Erma Bombeck in the 1970s,Susan Swan in 1992, just to pick a handful of examples. Some early passages fromIt Was Not What I Expectedwere so similar to my own experiences,
Read 1 First in His Class: A Biography Of Bill Clinton by David Maraniss Read 2 The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan Read 3 West with the Night by Beryl Markham Read 4 Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion Read 5 The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Henri ...
25. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan Buy on Amazon Add to library Betty Friedan confessed in 1973 that until she started writing The Feminine Mystique, she wasn’t even conscious of “the woman problem”: “I thought there was something wrong with me because I didn’t have an orgasm...
by Betty Friedan (1963), Carol Deschere wrote a novel which could have spurred the feminist revolution, had enough women read it. InSmall World , a simply written and simply plotted novel, Deschere tells us the story of a bright, educated, and cultured woman who leads the life of a mid...
Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1963, giving voice to the feminist movement. In the book she speaks to housewives who are unfulfilled in their housework, and basically says it is alright for them to desire more. She asserted there was nothing wrong with women who wanted to work...
1 March 2012 In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique . Women wrote to her by the hundreds to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were ...
"The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan Friedan's iconic examination of housewives and their unfulfilled inner lives is widely considered the kick-off point to the second wave of feminism in the early 1960s. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 17 "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James The...