The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan, Betty Friedan · 1992
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Landmark, groundbreaking, classic―these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of “the problem that has no name”: the insidious beliefs and institutions that undermined women’s confidence in their intellectual capabilities and kept them in the home. Writing in a time when the average woman first married in her teens and 60 percent of women students dropped out of college to marry, Betty Friedan captured the frustrations and thwarted ambitions of a generation and showed women how they could reclaim their lives. Part social chronicle, part manifesto, The Feminine Mystique is filled with fascinating anecdotes and interviews as well as insights that continue to inspire.
First sentence: The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women.
Book details
- Year
- 1992
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Editions
- 18
- Reader rating
- 3.6 / 5 (8)
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN
- 9780393322576
Data source: Wikidata
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