"Television and the Feminine Mystique"
Magazine article
By: Betty Friedan
Date: February 1–8, 1964
Source: Friedan, Betty. "Television and the Feminine Mystique." TV Guide, February 1–8, 1964, 273–275.
About the Author: Betty Friedan (1921–) was born Betty Goldstein. She graduated from Smith College in 1942 and married Carl Friedan in 1947. After publishing the revolutionary book The Feminine Mystique (1963) about American society's treatment of women, she became a leader of the women's liberation movement. She cofounded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and spearheaded the movement for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Introduction
When Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique appeared in 1963, it exposed a cluster of myths about the American woman that had built up during the postwar years by social scientists, psychologists, educators, and...
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