Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter Shteir Rachel
Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter Shteir Rachel 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…
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Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter Shteir Rachel
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."--Publishers WeeklyThe feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan (1921-2006), pathbreaking author of The Feminine Mystique, was powerful and polarizing. As a journalist she covered racism, sexism, labor, class inequality, and anti-Semitism. 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.
Her malaise as a housewife and her research into the feelings of other women resulted in As a wife and mother, she struggled to balance her work and homemaking.