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''One of the most influential non-fiction books of the twentieth century'' The New York Times

When Betty Friedan produced The Feminine Mystique in 1963, she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries'' general malaise would shake up society. Victims of a false belief system, these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty image of the magazines, and found themselves forced to seek meaning in their lives only through a family and a home. Friedan''s controversial book about them - and every woman - would ultimately set Second Wave feminism in motion and begin the battle for equality.

This groundbreaking and life-changing work remains just as powerful, important and true as it was nearly fifty years ago, and is essential reading both as a historical document and as a study of women living in a man''s world.



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The Feminine Mystique Penguin Modern Classics

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 4 March 2010
      ISBN-13 9780141192055
      978-0141192055
      ISBN-10 0141192054
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      Non Fiction Politics, Philosophy & Society Feminism and feminist theory Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''One of the most influential non-fiction books of the twentieth century'' The New York Times

      When Betty Friedan produced The Feminine Mystique in 1963, she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries'' general malaise would shake up society. Victims of a false belief system, these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty image of the magazines, and found themselves forced to seek meaning in their lives only through a family and a home. Friedan''s controversial book about them - and every woman - would ultimately set Second Wave feminism in motion and begin the battle for equality.

      This groundbreaking and life-changing work remains just as powerful, important and true as it was nearly fifty years ago, and is essential reading both as a historical document and as a study of women living in a man''s world.



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      Feminism ... began with the work of a single person: Friedan * Nicholas Lemann *

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