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Daniel horowitzs exciting new book was an especially difficult one to write. Mar 25, 2016 in rethinking betty friedan and the feminine mystique. Drawing on an impressive body of new research including friedans own papers horowitz traces the development of friedans feminist outlook from her childhood in peoria, illinois, through her wartime years at smith college and berkeley, to her decadelong career as a writer for two of the periods most radical labor journals, the federated press and the united electrical workers ue news. Betty friedan book austin public library bibliocommons. Books by daniel horowitz author of betty friedan and the. Yet as daniel horowitz persuasively demonstrates in this illuminating and provocative biography, the roots of friedans feminism run much deeper than she has led us to believe. Ever since the 1963 publication of her landmark book, the feminine mystique, betty friedan has insisted that her commitment to womens rights grew out of her experiences as an alienated suburban housewife. In a new book, betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique, smith college professor daniel horowitz no relation establishes beyond doubt that the woman who has always presented herself as a typical suburban housewife until she began work on her groundbreaking book was in fact nothing of the kind. Labor union radicalism and feminism in cold war america, daniel horowitz looks at how betty friedans portrayal of herself as someone who was trapped by the feminine mystique was part of a reinvention that she constructed and promoted as part of her book the feminine mystique 1963.
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Daniel horowitzs most popular book is a students guide to history. Attitudes toward the consumer society in america, 18751940 1985, selected by choice as one of the outstanding academic books of 1985. The feminine mystique is a book by betty friedan that is widely credited with sparking the beginning of secondwave feminism in the united states. Journalist, activist, and cofounder of the national organization for women, betty friedan was one of the early leaders of the womens rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. In it, he exposed a startling, weirdly littleknown truth about its. By daniel horowitz betty friedan and the making of the feminine. Daniel horowitz has 36 books on goodreads with 725 ratings. By daniel horowitz university of massachusetts press.
The american left, the cold war, and modern feminism by. At smith college 19892012, he directed the american studies program for 18 years and was, for a time, sylvia dlugasch bauman professor of american studies. Her 1963 bestselling book, the feminine mystique, gave voice to millions of american womens frustrations with their limited gender roles and helped spark widespread. An examination of the development of betty friedan s feminist outlook. Bettyes mother, miriam horwitz goldstein 18981988, eighteen years younger than her husband, was the.
Osburn on horowitz, betty friedan and the making of the feminine. Apr 06, 2018 in, rethinking betty friedan and the feminine mystique. A leading figure in the womens movement in the united states, her 1963 book the feminine mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of american feminism in the 20th century. Daniel horowitz further complicated the books legacy with his 1998 book betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique. Daniel horowitz s most popular book is a students guide to history. Drawing on an impressive body of new research including friedan s own papers horowitz traces the development of friedan s feminist outlook from her childhood in peoria, illinois, through her wartime years at smith college and berkeley, to her decadelong career as a writer for two of the periods most radical labor journals, the federated press and the united electrical workers ue news. Drawing on an impressive body of new research including friedan s own papers horowitz traces the development of friedan s feminist outlook from her childhood in peoria, illinois, through her wartime years at smith college and berkeley, to her decadelong career as a writer for two of the periods most radical labor journals, the federated. In betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique academic daniel horowitz revealed that friedan was not in fact the simple suburban housewife she had advertised herself to be.
In a new book, betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique, smith college professor daniel horowitz no relation establishes. The feminine mystique, a landmark book by feminist betty friedan published in 1963 that described the pervasive dissatisfaction among women in mainstream american society in the postworld war ii period. Betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique the. The american left, the cold war, and modern feminism. Daniel horowitz argues in this carefully constructed book that betty friedans commitment to social change was originally a product of her old left background. Betty friedan and the radical past of liberal feminism. View the new experience and read this book on fulcrum. Horowitz american studies, smith college looks at friedan s life from her childhood in peoria, illinois through her wartime years at smith college and berkeley, to her decadelong career as a writer for two radical labor journals, the federated press and the united electrical workers ue news. February 4, 1921 february 4, 2006 was an american feminist writer and activist. Daniel horowitz s betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique rosen, ruth. Selections from friedan scholars such as daniel horowitz, joanne meyerowitz, ruth rosen, stephanie coontz and others are excerpted in the section on scholarship.
She coined the term feminine mystique to describe the societal assumption that women could find fulfillment through housework, marriage, sexual passivity, and child rearing alone. Daniel horowitz smith college in a certain sense it was almost accidentalcoincidentalthat i wrote the feminine mystique, and in another sense my whole life had prepared me to write that book. Daniel horowitz has 36 books on goodreads with 731 ratings. The american left, the cold war, and modern feminism boston. Rebuffed by a subject who had covered up a large part of her past. Betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique. Betty friedan the reader wiki, reader view of wikipedia. Daniel horowitz, betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique. Osburn published on hwomen january, 2000 in her 1963 feminist classic the feminine. Among his publications are the morality of spending. Dissent daniel horowitzs betty friedan and the making of.
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Contrary to friedans own later assertions, she had been a vocal leftist before the mccarthy era and, as a part of her radical activism, had long been attentive to womens concerns. Social historian daniel horowitz, in betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique 1998, revealed that friedan had been dishonest about her vantage point, which she claimed was that of a suburban mother and. Labor union radicalism and feminism in cold war america, daniel horowitz sets out to reshape our understanding of both friedans past and her reasons for writing the feminine mystique 1963 by bringing to light a new way of looking at a time in friedans life that is absent from the book. Books by daniel horowitz author of betty friedan and the making of. In 1957, friedan was asked to conduct a survey of her former smith college classmates for their 15th anniversary reunion. The american left, the cold war, and modern feminism culture. Daniel horowitz is a professor of american studies and history at smith college. Yet as daniel horowitz persuasively demonstrates in this illuminating and. By daniel horowitz betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique.
Daniel horowitzs betty friedan and the making of the feminine mystique attempts to reevaluate the intellectual and political underpinnings of friedans feminist thought and more specifically, the experiences and ideas that shaped her classic 1963 work the feminine mystique. Rethinking betty friedan and the feminine mystique. The book is about the development of friedans feminist outlook from her childhood in peoria, illinois. Her life and daniel horowitz, a professor of american studies at smith college, have also written about friedan.
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