![]() ![]() It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the United States.” Friedan’s powerful treatise appealed to women who were unhappy with their so-called idyllic life, addressing their discontent with the ingrained sexism in society that limited their opportunities. “The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. Her indelible first sentences would resonate with generations of women. The landmark bestseller, translated into at least a dozen languages with more than three million copies sold in the author’s lifetime, rebukes the pervasive post-World War II belief that stipulated women would find the greatest fulfillment in the routine of domestic life, performing chores and taking care of children. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the acclaimed 1963 The Feminine Mystique, Friedan tapped into the dissatisfaction of American women. Is it possible to address a “problem that has no name?” For Betty Friedan and the millions of American women who identified with her writing, addressing that problem would prove not only possible, but imperative. ![]()
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