by Betty Friedan, Kirsten Fermaglich, Lisa Fine
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...
My grandmother told me once how she, a young schoolteacher, once had to take my grandfather and the two of them went around one of the poorest districts of town to round up her students. Back then I was stunned and shocked that nobody would want to go to school, and after, that added to my admiratio...
I could give you a big long essay about this book. I don't want to.1. Parts of the book are dated, parts predicted what is happening today.2. Parts of the book aren't dated, look at a good portion of the movies, television shows, and mass market comic books that are out today.3. Friedan's writing s...
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