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Bookmark or Share- The Powerful, Complicated Legacy of Betty Friedan’s ‘The Feminine Mystique’But her name is most tied to The Feminine Mystique, the book that pushed her and other discontented housewives into the American consciousness alongside the ongoing Civil Rights Movement.
- Betty Friedan | National Women's History MuseumHer 1963 best-selling book, The Feminine Mystique, gave voice to millions of American women’s frustrations with their limited gender roles and helped spark widespread public activism for gender equality.
- The Feminine Mystique | Summary, Significance, & Facts | BritannicaThe Feminine Mystique, a landmark book by feminist Betty Friedan published in 1963 that described the pervasive dissatisfaction among women in mainstream American society in the post-World War II period. Learn more about the work, including its impact.
- 'Feminine Mystique' by Betty Friedan 'Started It All' - ThoughtCoBetty Friedan explored women's unhappiness in the bestselling book "The Feminine Mystique," inspiring the women's liberation movement.
- Feminine Mystique Definition and Background - ThoughtCoThe feminine mystique is the false notion that a woman’s “role” in society is to be a wife, mother, and housewife - nothing else. The mystique is an artificial idea of femininity that says having a career and/or fulfilling one’s individual potential somehow go against women's pre-ordained role.
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