Success and Solitude: Feminist Organizations Fifty Years After The Feminine Mystique

by Sarah Maxwell and Sarah Maxwell

Book Overview

In the early 1960s, a wife, mother, and activist asked, 'Is this all?' and the second wave of feminism was born. The Feminine Mystique marshaled support for women's causes, particularly among white, suburban homemakers who were educated but intellectually frustrated. Through the National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan and her colleagues aimed their message to both the frustrated homemaker and the employed middle-class woman. Thousands of grassroots...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761845038
• ISBN13: 9780761845034
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.0"