Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique turns 50

In a nutshell: Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique is one of the great moments in the emergence of postmodern critical culture. Fifty years later, does it still resonate?

At 50, Does ‘Feminine Mystique’ Still Roar? : NPRIn 1963 Betty Friedan published a groundbreaking work that empowered a generation of women. With World War II over, women who had been working were told to find fulfillment at home. “The moment was so pregnant and ready for an explosion,” says New York Times columnist Gail Collins.

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