![]() ![]() ![]() The book examines the many ways in which women were still oppressed by American society. Her book, The Feminine Mystique, published on February 19, 1963, shook the ground beneath an American society rooted in a myth of pleasant domesticity and supported by the physical and emotional labor of women. Though perhaps not the typical housewife-she had been involved in radical politics from a young age and had a degree in psychology from Smith College-Betty Friedan is often credited as the first to give voice to the suffering of millions of seemingly content American women. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |