You are using an
outdated
browser.
Please
upgrade your browser
and improve your visit to our site.
Skip Navigation
The New Republic
The New Republic
LATEST
BREAKING NEWS
POLITICS
CLIMATE
CULTURE
MAGAZINE
NEWSLETTERS
PODCASTS
GAMES
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
LATEST
BREAKING NEWS
POLITICS
CLIMATE
CULTURE
MAGAZINE
NEWSLETTERS
PODCASTS
GAMES
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
Betty Friedan
December 1, 2023
Magazine
Hermione Hoby
What Betty Friedan Knew
Judge the author of the “Feminine Mystique” not by the gains she made, but by her experience.
November 9, 2017
Rachel Shteir
The Fight
Takes Feminism’s Conflicts Seriously
Strife within the feminist movement was used to discredit it. But now a new play is taking a harder look at the Second Wave.
February 8, 2016
Jeet Heer
Accepting that women can be drafted into the military has been a silent revolution.
February 4, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Betty Friedan’s forgotten defense of men.
February 4, 2014
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan Reflects On 1992, The Year Of The Woman
March 10, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
The Corporate Mystique
Sheryl Sandberg and the folly of Davos-style feminism
February 26, 2013
Michael Kazin
Sheryl Sandberg is No Betty Friedan
What a new movement doesn't get about the origins of feminism
February 28, 2012
Michael Kazin
Why Don’t Liberals Write Big Books Anymore?
July 15, 2010
John McWhorter
But Is Jesse Jackson *Interesting*?
October 8, 2008
Alan Wolfe
Gonzo Sociology
July 4, 2005
Ruth Franklin
The Missing Joy
July 4, 2005
Ruth Franklin
The Missing Joy
January 15, 2001
Christine Stansell
Girlie, Interrupted
December 4, 1995
John B. Judis
The Contract with K Street
Our Writers
Kate Aronoff
Climate & Energy
Matt Ford
Law & The Courts
Melissa Gira Grant
LGBTQ Rights
Jason Linkins
Power & Plutocracy
Timothy Noah
Politics & Economy
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Breaking News
Edith Olmsted
Breaking News
Hafiz Rashid
Breaking News
Greg Sargent
Politics & Democracy
Grace Segers
Congress & Elections
Alex Shephard
Politics & Media
Heather Souvaine Horn
Climate Change
Michael Tomasky
Politics & Ideas
About
The New Republic
’s history
1