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The Feminine Mystique
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.
February 23, 2021
Magazine
Maggie Doherty
How the Barbizon Hotel Defined Women’s Ambition
Grace Kelly, Joan Didion, and Sylvia Plath were all guests. For some women, it was a launch pad. For others, it was a trap.
February 4, 2016
Mikaela Lefrak
Betty Friedan’s forgotten defense of men.
March 10, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
The Corporate Mystique
Sheryl Sandberg and the folly of Davos-style feminism
April 27, 1974
Jane Howard
The Feminine Mystique
, Tenth Anniversary Edition
On a new edition of Betty Friedan's feminist classic.
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