Feminine Mystique

Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock
The book that pulled the trigger on history.


Marilyn French, Esquire
[A] bridge between conservative and radical elements in feminism, an ardent advocate of harmony and human values.


Amitai Etzioni, author of The Spirit of Community: The Reinvention of American Society
One of those rare books we are endowed with only once in several decades.


Book Description
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.


From the Publisher
First published in 1963, The Feminine Mystique ignited a revolution that profoundly changed our culture, our conciousness, and our lives. Today it newly penetrates to the heart of isuues determining our lives -- and sounds a call to arms against the very real dangers of a newe feminine mystique in the economic and political turbulence of the 1990s.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Here, reissued, is the book that jump-started the modern women's movement, filled with ideas and inspiration as vital to women today as when it first appeared. More than three decades later, the issues raised by Friedan still strike at the core of the challenges women face at home and in the workplace. As women continue to struggle for equality, to keep their hard-won gains, and to find fulfillment in careers, marriage, and family, "The Feminine Mystique" remains a profound consciousness-raising work. This edition features a new introduction, "Metamorphosis: Two Generations Later," which addresses the complex issues women face today, such as family leave, health insurance, welfare reform, and sexual discrimination and harassment in the military. Betty Friedan also relates some of feminism's hard-won victories: the shrinking wage gap between men and women, increased visibility of women in sports, and new flexibility for working parents.

FROM THE CRITICS

Amitai Etzioni

One of those rare books we are endowed with only once in several decades.

Alvin Toffler

The book that pulled the trigger on history.

Marilyn French

[A] bridge between conservative and radical elements in feminism, an ardent advocate of harmony and human values. —Esquire

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

One of those rare books we are endowed wIth only once in several decades, a volume that launched a major social movement....Betty Friedan is a liberator of women and men.  — (Amitai Etzioni, author of The Spirit of Community: The Reinvention of American Society)