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The Feminine Mystique » (Reprint)

Book cover image of The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Authors: Betty Friedan, Anna Quindlen
ISBN-13: 9780393322576, ISBN-10: 0393322572
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: Reprint

Author Biography: Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan founded NOW in 1966 and is the author of many books, including The Fountain of Age and Life So Far. She lives in Washington, DC.

Book Synopsis

The book that changed the consciousness of a country—and the world.

Marilyn French

[A] bridge between conservative and radical elements in feminism, an ardent advocate of harmony and human values. —Esquire

	Metamorphosis: Two Generations Later
	Twenty Years After
	Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary Adition	3
	Preface and Acknowledgments	9
1	The Problem That Has No Name	15
2	The Happy Housewife Heroine	33
3	The Crisis in Woman's Identity	69
4	The Passionate Journey	80
5	The Sexual Solipsism of Sigmund Freud	103
6	The Functional Freeze, the Feminine Protest, and Margaret Mead	126
7	The Sex-Directed Educators	150
8	The Mistaken Choice	182
9	The Sexual Sell	206
10	Housewifery Expands to Fill the Time Available	233
11	The Sex-Seekers	258
12	Progressive Dehumanization: The Comfortable Concentration Camp	282
13	The Forfeited Self	310
14	A New Life Plan for Women	338
	Epilogue	379
	Thoughts on Becoming a Grandmother	397
	Notes	419
	Index	445