The Feminine Mystique
by:
Betty Friedan (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393040494 (0393040496)
Publish date: November 1st 1997
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Pages no: 452
Edition language: English
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan is an iconic book that relentlessly changed the way the American woman saw herself, until its first publication in 1963. Feministic in a good way, without the morbid extravaganza other reads of that type hold, it's relevant even now and if you don't choose to b...
I have such a hard time reviewing audiobooks, for (at least) two reasons: 1) it takes me a lot longer to finish them than it would if I were reading and so my memory of the earlier parts of the book is not as clear when it comes time to write a review, and 2) I listen to audiobooks while driving, so...
As for so many other women, changed my life. It's a history book, and one every woman should read to get a sense of what has come before her, and the life she has.
This book was quite interesting, in that it allowed me to get a closer look at feminism in a period and in a country I'm currently studying about for an exam. It helped me delve deeper into something I thought I knew, yet didn't know that much. Now I understand much better how and why it must have h...
This should be required reading for everyone, male or female, young or old. I was floored by how relevant it is to modern society, even though I'm that feminist that's pretty distressed by women who say "I'm not a feminist" and especially "I'm not a feminist because I think the feminist movement's w...
10 years ago
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