Similarly, Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique, identifies the effect of the patriarchal blindfold on women. ... Friedan's article is set up beside Smith's article, so as to emphasis Friedan's weaker arguments. ... If Dorothy Smith's work may contribute to Betty Friedan's, "the problem with no name", which Friedan merely hints at by tracing the contours of patriarchal oppression, is clarified and colored in, by Smith's structural depiction of the means through which female oppression is maintained. Betty Friedan's The Problem With No Name, is a...

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One of the most prominent leaders of this "second wave" in women's lib was one of Peoria's own, Betty Friedan. Friedan gained her first public attention when she published the infamous book "The Feminine Mystique". In her book Friedan addressed the question on women's minds everywhere "Is this all?" ... In a loud response to this silent question, Betty Friedan started the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966, in an effort to increase women's political power in the United States. ...

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One of the most prominent leaders of this "second wave" in women's lib was one of Peoria's own, Betty Friedan. Friedan gained her first public attention when she published the infamous book "The Feminine Mystique". In her book Friedan addressed the question on women's minds everywhere "Is this all?" ... In a loud response to this silent question, Betty Friedan started the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966, in an effort to increase women's political power in the United States. ...

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Certain text's such as Betty Friedan's 'The Feminine Mystique' explored the myths about feminity, and highlighted te role of social conditioning in shaping women's live's. ...

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In 1963, author Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, a critique of middle-class ways of life that aided millions of women in expressing their discontent. ... In 1966, 28 professional women, including Betty Friedan, created the National Organization for Women (NOW) "to take action to bring American women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now." ... In respond Betty says, "No woman chooses to live a life without a home." ... Betty on the other hand has to become the feminist that is her true role. ... Betty does what no good wife should do divorce. ...

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I find many parallels between women's experiences in the nineties with Betty Friedan's, in her essay: The Way We Were - 1949. ... I asked her to read the Friedan essay and let me know if she felt as moved as I was, and to share with me her experiences of sexism. Her immediate reaction was to point out that "Betty Friedan was a college educated woman and she had certain goals that never interested me." ...

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The Era of Protest The twenty-year period between 1955-1975 can be looked at as the era of protest in United States history. Popular social protests were opposition to the Vietnam war and the civil rights movements protests, which was exemplified by the struggle for black equality. Though, both o...

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This resulted in the overwhelming popularity of Betty Friedan's A Feminine Mystique (1963). ... The formation of the National Organization of Women (NOW), with Friedan as its president, started to draw up ways to achieve equality for women in society. ...

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After World War II ended, many Americans were eager to have children because they were confident that the future held nothing but peace and prosperity. In many ways, they were right. Between 1945 and 1960, the gross national product more than doubled, growing from $200 billion to more than $500 bill...

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Feminist Hypocrites "It's a sad sad world, when a girl will break a boy just because she can." These words, from a song by Fiona Apple, describe the current turn of the feminist movement. Feminism is a term that has been taken very lightly, and often adopted by women because the feminist movement is...

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Feminism "A doctrine advocating for women the same rights granted men, as in political and economic status" (Soukhanov 405) is one of the definitions used by the dictionary to describe Feminism. The history of feminism takes us as far as the sixth century BC in Greece, when Sappho wrote lesbian po...

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