Betty Ford

At the Golden Globes award ceremony Oprah Winfrey was presented the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.Given recent events like the Me too and Time’s up movements Oprah dedicated her speech to speaking up about sexual harassment and emphasizing the need for change.Throughout the speech she talks about many different things from personal stories to the plights of everyday women to show that this abuse affects everyone. She uses many important rhetorical devices, namely pathos, syntax…

Joanne Meyerwitz writes as a critic of the The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan, in her writings titled Beyond the Feminine Mystique. Meyerwitz mentions that while The Feminine Mystique is important for bringing about feminism out of the nuclear family, the sources that Friedan uses to provide evidence of her claims are…

being viewed as unfeminine, or possibly even troubled. The “hidden and unspoken” problem that Friedan makes apparent is the concealed feminism in American culture which naturally flows from human natures constant desire for the “next best thing” (Betty…

In the 1960’s many social movements came about which included the Civil Rights Movement, the Student Movement, the Gay Rights Movement and the Women’s Movement. Contrary to what many believe, the Civil Rights Movement did not end in 1968 but shifted into a new phase of ideologies which laid the foundation for feminism. Both the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Rights Movement had similar goals in mind which were to create opportunities for their minority groups that were just as equal and…

Betty White's full name is Betty Marion White Ludden. Betty was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois(biography, 2017). Ms. White was an only child, her parents were Horace and Tess White. When Betty was two, she moved to Los Angeles with her family(biography, 2017). Betty White is an American, actress, author, animal rights activist and comedian(the famous people, 2017). She first got into the TV career by working as an assistant at a local television station(biography, 2017). Her…

Betty Friedan, a Feminist Leader Betty Friedan was a women’s rights activist and author in the 20th century. One of her most influential books was The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963. The Feminine Mystique, and Friedan’s other books, drew national attention to the unhappiness of women with their traditional role in society. Betty Friedan changed the American way of life by reviving the feminist movement through writing books and founding organizations which still aid women today. Betty…

Published in 1963, Betty amplifies the voice of hundreds of thousands of married women, unsatisfied with what roles they are pressured to play, which was dubbed: “The problem that has no name”. This problem represents a widespread unhappiness of women in marriages. A problem that is powerful enough to relate to women from many time periods and places. Betty writes, “Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped…

during the 1960s. On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote. From 1920 to the Sixties, even to the present day, women have continuously fought for gender equality. For example, The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan, is about how women are dissatisfied with their lives due to their dependence on their husbands for financial, emotional, and intellectual support.1 Friedan is making the point that because of gender inequality in America, women are…

war, to take over the jobs in construction and manufacturing. However, when the men came back women were fired instantly to give those jobs back to their male counterparts. This lead to a woman’s place being considered the home instead a work force. Betty Friedan, author of the “Feminine Mystique,” believed woman wanted and needed more out of life, which is accurate; life can’t be fulfilling if society tells you your ambition is cooking, cleaning, and caring for…

Throughout history, society has shaped the lives of individuals by assigning individuals a specific way to be a part of society while deviation is most likely viewed as unacceptable and censured. Betty Friedan in chapter 1 of her novel “The Feminine Mystique” describes society’s assigned role for women and how women sacrificed their desires to fulfil this role and assimilate into society. E.J Graff in his essay “The M/F Boxes” describes how transgendered and intersex individuals suffer…