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Betty Friedan’s controversial The Feminine Mystique (1963) helped to launch the modern women’s movement. The book shatters the myth that post–World War II housewives were happy taking care of their husbands and children. Friedan labeled this misconception the feminine mystique and used her book to reveal the pain and frustration that many women faced when their needs were placed below the needs of their families.
Gilman originally published ‘‘Three Thanksgivings’’ in Forerunner, a magazine that she published for seven years, from November 1909 to...
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