The Feminine Mystique

By: Betty Friedan

Published September 3rd 2013 by W. W. Norton Company (first published February 19th 1963)

Category: Biography

Pages: 592 pages

ISBN: 9780393346787

Description:
Landmark, groundbreaking, classicÑthese 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 Òthe problem that has no nameÓ: the insidious beliefs and institutions that undermined womenÕs 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. This 50thÐanniversary edition features an afterword by best-selling author Anna Quindlen as well as a new introduction by Gail Collins.