Author : Daniel Horowitz
Release : 2000
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 769/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine Mystique by : Daniel Horowitz
Download or read book Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine Mystique written by Daniel Horowitz. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Peoria, Illinois through her wartime years at Smith College and Berkeley, to her decade-long career as a writer for two radical labor journals, the Federated Press and the United Electrical Workers' UE News. He argues that this history, combined with the fact that Friedan continued to work on behalf of many social causes after her marriage, contradicts Friedan's claim that her commitment to women's rights grew solely out of her experience as an alienated suburban housewife. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR