The Feminine Mystique

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The Feminine Mystique is a landmark 1963 feminist book by Betty Friedan that is widely credited with sparking the second wave of feminism in the United States.

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instanceOf book
feminist literature
non-fiction book
argues women are stifled by the expectation to find fulfillment solely in domesticity
author Betty Friedan
centralConcept the problem that has no name
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes media representations of women as solely wives and mothers
suburban consumer culture
the feminine mystique ideology
firstEditionFormat hardcover
focusesOn dissatisfaction of middle-class housewives
limitations of traditional domestic roles
genre feminism
social criticism
women's studies
hasImpactOn U.S. feminist organizations of the 1960s and 1970s
public debate about women's roles
hasPart analysis of women's magazines
case studies of housewives
discussion of education and work for women
hasReception bestseller in the United States
considered a classic of feminist theory
widely discussed in mass media
influenced feminist movement worldwide
second-wave feminism in the United States
ISBN 9780393322576
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
mainAudience middle-class American women
mediaType print
movement second-wave feminism
notableFor challenging the postwar ideal of the happy housewife
helping spark the second wave of feminism
popularizing the idea of the problem that has no name
pageCount ~400
proposes women need education and meaningful work outside the home
publicationYear 1963
publisher W. W. Norton & Company
setIn suburban United States
subject gender roles
housewives
second-wave feminism
suburban life
women in the United States
timePeriodDescribed 1950s United States
early 1960s United States
post–World War II era

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second-wave feminism influencedBy The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan notableWork The Feminine Mystique