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A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique & American Women At The Dawn Of The 1960s (2011)

by Stephanie Coontz(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0465022324 (ISBN13: 9780465022328)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Basic Books (AZ)

review 1: A very impressive (and very depressing) look at American womanhood 55 years ago, when married women couldn't get loans without their husband's permission (even if they owned their own business) and spouse abuse in some states only justified an arrest if the injuries required stitches. Coontz captures the era well and looks at the impact of Betty Friedan's legendary Feminine Mystique. She concludes the impact is significant but overblown, just as the book captures but exaggerates the plight of women (feminism wasn't as dead as Friedan portrayed it). An excellent job.
review 2: This book seemed a little disjointed at the beginning - they were trying to do a complete overview of the climate relating to women's issues at the time that The Feminine Mystique was publ... moreished, and it seemed to jump through time and space a lot. But it ended up being a really interesting look at some of the criticisms of the book, a look at how Betty Friedan overestimated her impact, and a look at the ways in which she didn't. less

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