History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 2003 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Feminine Mystique
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The idea
In nineteen sixty-three Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, contesting the postwar belief that women's destiny was to marry and bear children.
In practice
A presidential commission on women, created by Kennedy in December nineteen sixty-one and chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, reporting the same year.
Where people slip
Unit thirteen's image of the contented housewife is the target of Friedan's book.
Your place on the trail
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