The book that changed the consciousness of a country—and the world. Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely describe the earthshaking and

An examination of the development of Betty Friedan's feminist outlook. Horowitz (American studies, Smith College) looks at Friedan's life from her childhood in

First published in 1976, this modern feminist classic brings back years of struggle for those who were there, and recreates the past for readers who were not ye

Betty Friedan argues that once past the initial stages of describing and working against politcal and economic injustices, the women's movement should focus on

When Betty Friedan produced The Feminine Mystique in 1963, she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries' general malaise would