Betty Friedan : magnificent disrupter
Rachel Shteir
A new portrait of Betty Friedan, the author and activist acclaimed as the mother of second-wave feminism
“A lucid portrait of Friedan as a bold yet flawed advocate for women’s equality.â€â€”Publishers Weekly
The feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan (1921–2006), pathbreaking author of The Feminine Mystique, was powerful and polarizing. In this biography, the first in more than twenty years, Rachel Shteir draws on Friedan’s papers and on interviews with family, colleagues, and friends to create a nuanced portrait.
Friedan, born Bettye Naomi Goldstein, chafed at society’s restrictions from a young age. As a journalist she covered racism, sexism, labor, class inequality, and anti-Semitism. As a wife and mother, she struggled to balance her work and homemaking. Her malaise as a housewife and her research into the feelings of other women resulted in The Feminine Mystique (1963), which made her a...
“A lucid portrait of Friedan as a bold yet flawed advocate for women’s equality.â€â€”Publishers Weekly
The feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan (1921–2006), pathbreaking author of The Feminine Mystique, was powerful and polarizing. In this biography, the first in more than twenty years, Rachel Shteir draws on Friedan’s papers and on interviews with family, colleagues, and friends to create a nuanced portrait.
Friedan, born Bettye Naomi Goldstein, chafed at society’s restrictions from a young age. As a journalist she covered racism, sexism, labor, class inequality, and anti-Semitism. As a wife and mother, she struggled to balance her work and homemaking. Her malaise as a housewife and her research into the feelings of other women resulted in The Feminine Mystique (1963), which made her a...
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Yıl:
2023
Yayımcı:
Yale University Press
Dil:
english
Sayfalar:
384
ISBN 10:
0300274726
ISBN 13:
9780300274721
Seriler:
Jewish Lives
Dosya:
EPUB, 1.68 MB
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english, 2023
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