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The feminine mystique / Betty Friedan ; [introduction by Gail Collins ; afterword by Anna Quindlen]

Friedan, Betty. (Author).

Summary:

A fiftieth anniversary edition of the trailblazing women's reference shares anecdotes and interviews that were originally collected in the early 1960s to inspire women to develop their intellectual capabilities and reclaim lives beyond period conventions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393346787 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0393346781 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780393063790 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 0393063798 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: xxv, 562 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 50th anniversary ed.
  • Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The problem that has no name -- The happy housewife heroine -- The crisis in woman's identity -- The passionate journey -- The sexual solipsism of Sigmund Freud -- The functional freeze, the feminine protest, and Margaret Mead -- The sex-directed educators -- The mistaken choice -- The sexual sell -- Housewifery expands to fill the time available -- The sex-seekers -- Progressive dehumanization: the comfortable concentration camp -- The forfeited self -- A new life plan for women -- Thinking back to the future : Metamorphosis: two generations later ; Introduction to the tenth anniversary edition.

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Subject: Feminism > United States.
Women > United States > Social conditions.
Women > Psychology.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College. (Show)
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Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Columbia Gorge Community College Library SOCIAL SCIENCES FRIED 2013 (Text) 33892002473958 Main Collection Available -
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande 305.42 F899 (Text) 35178001374977 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Klamath Community College HQ1426.F844 2013b (Text) 3760302662 Main Collection Available -
Pilot Rock Public Library 305.42 FRIED (Text) 37868000128345 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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