The suburban housewife -- she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife -- freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the…

Quote by Betty Friedan

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A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the...

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the...

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the...

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the...

Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine...

Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine...

I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch...

I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch...

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than...

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than...

We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think...

We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think...

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy...

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy...

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than...

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than...

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

The glorification of the 'woman's role, then, seems to be in proportion to society's reluctance...

The glorification of the 'woman's role, then, seems to be in proportion to society's reluctance...

The problem lay buried, unspoken for many years in the minds of American women. It...

The problem lay buried, unspoken for many years in the minds of American women. It...

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration...

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration...

Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.

Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration...

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration...

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.