The Feminine Mystique

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The Feminine Mystique is a landmark 1963 feminist book by Betty Friedan that is widely credited with sparking the second wave of feminism in the United States.

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The Feminine Mystique canonical 3

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instanceOf book ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
argues women are stifled by the expectation to find fulfillment solely in domesticity ⓘ
author Betty Friedan ⓘ
centralConcept the problem that has no name ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes media representations of women as solely wives and mothers ⓘ
suburban consumer culture ⓘ
the feminine mystique ideology ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
focusesOn dissatisfaction of middle-class housewives ⓘ
limitations of traditional domestic roles ⓘ
genre feminism ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
women's studies ⓘ
hasImpactOn U.S. feminist organizations of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
public debate about women's roles ⓘ
hasPart analysis of women's magazines ⓘ
case studies of housewives ⓘ
discussion of education and work for women ⓘ
hasReception bestseller in the United States ⓘ
considered a classic of feminist theory ⓘ
widely discussed in mass media ⓘ
influenced feminist movement worldwide ⓘ
second-wave feminism in the United States ⓘ
ISBN 9780393322576 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainAudience middle-class American women ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
movement second-wave feminism ⓘ
notableFor challenging the postwar ideal of the happy housewife ⓘ
helping spark the second wave of feminism ⓘ
popularizing the idea of the problem that has no name ⓘ
pageCount ~400 ⓘ
proposes women need education and meaningful work outside the home ⓘ
publicationYear 1963 ⓘ
publisher W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ
setIn suburban United States ⓘ
subject gender roles ⓘ
housewives ⓘ
second-wave feminism ⓘ
suburban life ⓘ
women in the United States ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 1950s United States ⓘ
early 1960s United States ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ

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second-wave feminism → influencedBy → The Feminine Mystique ⓘ
Betty Friedan → notableWork → The Feminine Mystique ⓘ