About the Author

Betty Friedan (1921–2006), a transformational leader of the women’s movement, founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and authored many works, including The Second Stage, The Fountain of Age, and Life So Far. Anna Quindlen is an award-winning columnist and novelist. She left journalism in 1995 to write fiction full time and has published three bestsellers. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

"[A] bridge between conservative and radical elements in feminism, an ardent advocate of harmony and human values."
*Marilyn French - Esquire*

"The book that pulled the trigger on history."
*Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock*

"One of those rare books we are endowed with only once in several decades."
*Amitai Etzioni, author of The Spirit of Community: The Reinvention of American Society*

"[The Feminine Mystique] now feels both revolutionary and utterly contemporary. . . . Four decades later, millions of individual transformations later, there is still so much to learn from this book. . . . Those who think of it as solely a feminist manifesto ought to revisit its pages to get a sense of the magnitude of the research and reporting Friedan undertook."
*Anna Quindlen*