Bücher von Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique is a groundbreaking book by Betty Friedan, first published by Penguin Books Ltd in 2010. This influential piece of literature belongs to the genre of social science and feminism. Betty Friedan, a leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her book is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. The Feminine Mystique explores the idea of women finding personal fulfillment outside of their traditional roles. It's a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the social structures that shape our lives. Penguin Books Ltd is proud to have been part of bringing this important work to the public.

It was Betty Freidan herself, in Life So Far, who spoke about her life and career and told us what it was all like from the inside. With the unsparing frankness that made The Feminine Mystique one of the most influential books of the century, Friedan looked back and told us what it took, and what it cost, to change the world. She took us on an intimate journey through her life, from her lonely childhood to the founding of NOW and her brilliant, contentious, and brave leadership of the Movement. Life So Far chronicles the secret underground of women in Washington in the early sixties who drafted Friedan to spearhead an "NAACP" for women, and the daring of many who spoke out against discrimination. Friedan recounts the political infighting and dirty tricks that occurred within the Movement as well as the forces that tried to destroy it and how hard she fought to keep the Movement practical and free of extremism, including "man-hating." Friedan is equally frank about her twenty-two-year marriage to an advertising entrepreneur, which deteriorated into physical abuse. They later reconciled as friends. Life So Far is forthright, full of stories and larger-than-life characters, and it is the scope of Friedan''s vision and achievements that makes her memoir so important and compelling.