{"product_id":"betty-friedan-magnificent-disrupter","title":"Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBetty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRachel Shteir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300220025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new portrait of Betty Friedan, the author and activist acclaimed as the mother of second-wave feminism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A lucid portrait of Friedan as a bold yet flawed advocate for women's equality.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan (1921-2006), pathbreaking author of \u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Mystique\u003c\/i\u003e, was powerful and polarizing. In this biography, the first in more than twenty years, Rachel Shteir draws on Friedan's papers and on interviews with family, colleagues, and friends to create a nuanced portrait. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Friedan, born Bettye Naomi Goldstein, chafed at society's restrictions from a young age. As a journalist she covered racism, sexism, labor, class inequality, and anti-Semitism. As a wife and mother, she struggled to balance her work and homemaking. Her malaise as a housewife and her research into the feelings of other women resulted in \u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Mystique\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), which made her a celebrity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using her influence, Friedan cofounded the National Organization for Women, the National Women's Political Caucus, and the National Association to Repeal Abortion Laws. She fought for the Equal Rights Amendment, universal childcare, and workplace protections for mothers, but she disagreed with the women's liberation movement over \"sexual politics.\" Her volatility and public conflicts fractured key relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shteir considers how Friedan's Judaism was essential to her feminism, presenting a new Friedan for a new era.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter | Rachel Shteir | Hardcover | 9780300220025 | New | Biography 1554260","offer_id":50576635396354,"sku":"1554260","price":43.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/615vOrpIYYL.jpg?v=1790917662","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/betty-friedan-magnificent-disrupter","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}