Betty Friedan
Introduction by Anna Quindlen
The Feminine Mystique
The book that changed the consciousness of a country—and the
world.
The book that changed the consciousness of a country—and the world.
Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely describe the
earthshaking and long-lasting effects of Betty Friedan's The Feminine
Mystique. This is the book that defined "the problem that has no name,"
that launched the Second Wave of the feminist movement, and has been awakening
women and men with its insights into social relations, which still remain
fresh, ever since. A national bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold.
"[The Feminine Mystique] now feels both revolutionary and utterly
contemporary. . . . Four decades later, millions of individual transformations
later, there is still so much to learn from this book. . . . Those who think
of it as solely a feminist manifesto ought to revisit its pages to get a sense
of the magnitude of the research and reporting Friedan undertook."—Anna
Quindlen
"The book that pulled the trigger on history."—Alvin Toffler, author of
Future Shock
"[A] bridge between conservative and radical elements in feminism, an ardent
advocate of harmony and human values."—Marilyn French, Esquire
"One of those rare books we are endowed with only once in several
decades."—Amitai Etzioni, author of The Spirit of Community: The
Reinvention of American Society
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.
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