Betty Friedan

“What, what is there more?” (The Kitchen, Part 2, p.28) is the closing statement of Wesker’s play The Kitchen. The question posed by Marango is more of a rhetoric question and is largely aimed more towards the audience than the characters themselves. It can be argued that Marango’s question is implying that there is nothing else besides this kitchen, that there is no other choice available to them. Which is somewhat true as we the audience do not experience anything else outside of this…

They oughtn 't to let women watch. It 'll be the end of the human race”. Esther is unsatisfied with the idea that she may only live to be a mother and a wife and strives so to be a professional poet, similarly in The Feminine Mystique written by Betty Friedan convinces women that…

How We Did It? UNITY! The United States has an agonizing past filled with bigotry and racism. Since long before it’s founding in July 4, 1776, this country was built on the backs of slaves and the exploitation of immigrants. According to History.com, The first slaves were brought to Jamestown by Dutch traders in 1619. President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Thats over two hundred and forty four years of costless labor. I think its say to say…

being a working woman but she is embarrassed by it because like her women "learned that truly feminine women do not want careers, higher education, political rights-the independence and the opportunities that the old-fashioned feminists fought for" (Friedan, 16). Sally thinks being a working woman is embarrassing and unfeminine because she internalized that working is unfeminine and by being a working woman she is not truly feminine. I want Sally to understand that there is more to being a woman…

starts you off with a harder stage of life. Life gets tougher as we grow up. We learn and prepare for our older and harder stage of life in our younger years. More than 90% of Americans complain about the responsibilities as they grow up. Betty Friedan said “Aging is not a lost youth but a new stage of an opportunity and strength.” This states that aging normally gives us an opportunity and strength for our next stage of life. Aging backwards doesn’t let you prepare for your older life,…

resolution in Washington with Betty Friedan to discuss founding a new civil rights organization for feminism. In October, 300 women met in Washington, D.C., as the founding convention of the National Organization for Women. They placed emphasis on women’s rights for equality and how their demands were for human rights. This criticized the U.S. government for not providing well enough health care, child care, and pregnancy leave for women which were social need. Friedan was NOW's first…

fought for their rights that was giving by constitution but they were taken away by government. As result, leaders of different groups started to protest however their protest was non violence. The most famous leaders were Martin Luther King, Betty Friedan and Leonard Peltier. Those leaders used similar tactics which helped them to reach their goals. Overall, the movement lead by these leaders were very successful because they were able to bring some changes to their groups of people. Civil…

Society has mostly been ruled by a paternalistic hierarchy. Condemning men as the one with the higher status and more power women were usually neglected, oppressed and abused. In past decades, women were viewed as fragile while men were view as invincible. While men were seen as the breadwinner, women were expected to stay at home and attend essentially to the needs of their families. Women were not considerate into decision making, especially in settings that involved power, such as politics…

PCSW, president Kennedy ordered to end sex discrimination. As stated, “Upon the Commission’s request, President Kennedy in 1962 ordered federal agencies to end sex discrimination in hiring; special permission had to be sought to use sex as a hiring criterion” (More). The ordering of federal agencies had an immediate impact on the women’s movement causing jobs to allow women who were suited for the job to be hired. Although the Commission did not last long, it brought forth good results. It reads…

century, the conservative time period and varying culture vastly impacted gender roles. The more conservative a time period, the more strict role the female gender has to follow. For example, In the excerpt from “The Feminine Mystique” written by Betty Friedan, the women in the 1950’s were supposed to feel completely fulfilled and happy by tending to their husband and household needs. Being Feminine, was of the utmost importance, and women more often than…