The Feminine Mystique

In The Feminine Mystique Friedan wrote, “…scientists noted that America’s greatest source of unused brain-power was women. But girls would not study physics: it was ‘unfeminine’” (Charters, p.496) The book gave a platform for women and encouraged women to work for social…

at “white only” lunch counter and refused to leave until served. But in the Women’s Rights Movement, everything is started by Friedan’s idea that women should be looking for a way to get the same equality as men. In 1963, Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique was published. According to a sentence of her book, “But the desperate tone in these women’s voices, and the look in their eyes, was the same as the tone and the look of other women, who were sure they had no problem, even though they did…

movement in the first place, they would need to identify the problem. Once they identified the problem, they would need to prove that actually existed. The PCSW and the Feminine Mystique helped do that. The PCSW helped identify the problem; it was the first government effort to quantify discrimination against women. The Feminine Mystique was a book convincing women that they were facing discrimination, and that they should have the right to demand more of…

change her career forever. When Mrs. Friedan had that question of, “do other women feel this same way?”, she conducted a survey at her Alma Mater school, Smith College, on most of the women there. That research was the foundation of her book, The Feminine Mystique, which was published in…

movement. Betty Friedan was known to be an American housewife, writer, feminist, and a political activist during her time. When Friedan wrote about “The Problem That Has No Name” in 1963, it was part of a larger book Friedan classified as The Feminine Mystique. This book was a result of Friedan’s own experience regarding the workforce and maintaining a family. Supposedly, after Freidan graduated from college, she assumed the job title of a reporter. Shortly after, Friedan ended up marrying and…

increase of education for women led to the feminist movement of the 1960’s. Women in the 60’s were also motivated to gain rights by the black civil rights movement. Betty Freidan challenged the ideology of domesticity in 1963 when she wrote, The Feminine Mystique. This book helped enlighten middle class women that their…

“Stephanie Coontz has recently retired from Evergreen State College, where she taught history and family studies. She is the author of several books including Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage (2006), and A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s (2012).” (Seyler, Pg. 406) She is an expert on women’s issues, having studied it for the last decade. The article that she wrote titled The Myth of Male Decline was published in the New York…

while Elizabeth’s support was through the book “The Feminine Mystique”. Dan wanted to go find Marie after she left for the city, however he wasn't going too until he met with his daughters. They convinced Dan to find Marie. In the end, Dan’s children ended up being his support. While, Elizabeth’s support wasn't a person it still gave her the courage and the extra push that she needed to make a change. “[Elizabeth read] a copy of The Feminine Mystique” and after Elizabeth finished, she and her…

Long essay number 2 “third-wave feminism” The book The Feminine Mystique in Chapter 13, “The Forfeited Self” is describing self-destruction of American housewives. Housewives who live according to the feminine mystique do not have a personal purpose in life to evoke their full abilities therefore they can not grow to self-realization. Then without a purpose, they lose a sense of who they are and also to be able see into their future. Women have never been able to realize their human…

In 1963, Betty Friedan’s publishes her highly influential book “The Feminine Mystique”. The book played a crucial role in the public reawakening of feminist consciousness. The book became a best-seller and put in perspective that many talented intellectual women were trapped and held back from reaching their full potential due…