![]() Betty Friedan is a liberator of women and men. “Betty Friedan has been and remains a bridge between conservative and radical elements in feminism, an ardent advocate of harmony and human values.” - Marilyn French, Esquire “One of those rare books we are endowed with only once in several decades, a volume that launched a major social movement. Landmark, groundbreaking, classicthese adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. A new introduction by the bestselling author Anna Quindlen traces the book in her own story and how it was prescient on consumer culture as well as domestic issues. This is the book that defined "the problem that has no name," that launched the Second Wave of the feminist movement, and has been awakening women and men with its insights into social relations, which still remain fresh, ever since. Inspired by French feminist, Simone de Beauvoir and her book The Second Sex (1949), Betty Friedan released her own critique on the condition of American. ![]() Landmark, groundbreaking, classic - these adjectives barely describe the earthshaking and long-lasting effects of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique. The Feminine Mystique published on Febru-catalyzed the modern feminist movement, helped forever change Americans’ attitudes about women’s role in society and catapulted its author into becoming an influential and controversial public figure. ![]()
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