The suburban housewife — she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife — freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother … had found true feminine fulfilment.


Ch. 1 "The Problem That Has No Name" - The Feminine Mystique (1963)

Betty Friedan Quotes

The suburban housewife — she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American...

The suburban housewife — she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American...

The suburban housewife — she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American...

The suburban housewife — she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American...