The Feminine Mystique - Wikipedia
The Feminine Mystique is a book by American author Betty Friedan, widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the United States. [2] First published by W. W. Norton on February 19, 1963, The Feminine Mystique became a bestseller, initially selling over a million copies.
The Feminine Mystique | Summary, Significance, & Facts
The Feminine Mystique, a landmark book by feminist Betty Friedan published in 1963 that described the pervasive dissatisfaction among women in mainstream American society in the post-World War II period.
The Powerful, Complicated Legacy of Betty Friedan’s ‘The Feminine Mystique’
2021年2月4日 · For Betty Friedan and the millions of American women who identified with her writing, addressing that problem would prove not only possible, but imperative. In the acclaimed 1963 The Feminine...
Betty Friedan | National Women's History Museum
Her 1963 best-selling book, The Feminine Mystique, gave voice to millions of American women’s frustrations with their limited gender roles and helped spark widespread public activism for gender equality.
Betty Friedan | Biography, Book, The Feminine Mystique,
2024年11月27日 · Betty Friedan, American feminist best known for her book The Feminine Mystique (1963), which explores the causes of the frustrations of modern women in traditional roles. She cofounded the National Organization for Women in 1966.
“The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan is published - HISTORY
2019年11月5日 · On February 19, 1963, Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique is published, shaking the ground beneath an American society rooted in a myth of pleasant domesticity and supported by the...
Life Story: Betty Friedan - Women & the American Story
By 1963, she compiled her findings in a book, The Feminine Mystique. In it, she attacked what she saw as the myth of domestic happiness. She blamed educators, psychologists, advertisers, and the media for convincing women that their ultimate purpose was marriage and motherhood.
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan - Goodreads
American feminist Betty Naomi Friedan (née Bettye Naomi Goldstein) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1963 and cofounded the National Organization for Women in 1966. This book started the "second wave" of feminism.
The Feminine Mystique - Teaching American History
2024年7月1日 · Betty Friedan (1921–2006) is often credited with starting the second-wave feminist movement in the United States. She attended Smith College, where she majored in journalism, graduated in 1942, and married Carl Friedan five years later. Unfulfilled as a stay-at-home mother, Friedan questioned whether women could expect nothing more from life.
The Feminine Mystique - Origins
When W.W. Norton published Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique in February 1963, it printed just 3,000 copies. This small figure proved grossly inadequate as sales quickly exceeded the million mark, helping to spark a mass movement that transformed women’s legal status.