The Problem that Has No Name by Betty Friedan - ISBN: 9780241339268
Paperback
Uncover the unspoken discontent of American housewives in this classic.

The Problem that Has No Name

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  • Paperback

    64 pages

  • Release Date

    26 February 2018

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Summary

Fifty new books at £1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry

“What if she isn’t happy - does she think men are happy in this world? Doesn’t she know how lucky she is to be a woman?”

The pioneering Betty Friedan here identifies the strange problem plaguing American housewives, and examines the malignant role advertising plays in perpetuating the myth of the ‘happy housewife heroine’.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241339268
ISBN-10:024133926X
Author:Betty Friedan
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:64
Release Date:26 February 2018
Weight:45g
Dimensions:160mm x 111mm x 6mm
Series:Penguin Modern
About The Author

Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan (1921-2006) is hailed by historians as a seminal figure in the ‘Second Wave’ of the women’s feminist movement. In 1957, Friedan wrote a questionnaire for her former classmates at a reunion at the all-female, Smith College. The results revealed that many women shared the same frustrations as her in their roles as housewives and mothers. Friedan’s findings provided a clear-eyed analysis of the issues that affected women’s lives in the decades after the Second World War, and became the basis to her book, The Feminine Mystique. A sensation on publication selling over 3 million copies, it established Friedan as one of the chief architects of the women’s liberation movement.

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