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McKenna Dean
History 2112
Document Analysis #2
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Betty Friedan: !"e ro$lem !"at Has %o %ame&
Betty Friedan 'rote !"e Feminine Mysti(ue in 1)*3 to discuss t"e
roles o+ 'omen in t"e
united ,tates in t"e 5-.s and *-.s and "o' t"ey +elt a$out t"ese
roles/ !"e ro$lem !"at Has %o
%ame& is an e0cert +rom c"ater one o+ t"is $oo and it
discusses "o' 'omen +elt a$out t"e
common "ouse'i+e li+estyle t"at t"ey lied/ Betty Friedan 'as
+orced to "ae t"is 4o$ o+
"ouse'i+e $ecause s"e 'as +ired +rom "er 4o$ a+ter $ecomin
renant 'it" "er second c"ild/
Friedan 'rote t"is $oo to discoer i+ ot"er 'omen +elt as
restless as s"e did as s"e did "er duties
as a "ouse'i+e 6$iora"y/com7/ Friedan 'as 'ritin t"is $oo to all
o+ America on $e"al+ o+
'omen/ ,"e 'anted t"e u$lic to understand "o' 'omen really +elt
een i+ t"e ma4ority o+ t"em
'ere stayin silent/ ,"e 'as essentially t"e oice +or all 'omen
in 1)*3/ !"is $oo 'as 'ritten
in a time '"ere as Friedan said !"e su$ur$an "ouse'i+e9s"e 'as
t"e dream imae o+ t"e
youn American 'omen and t"e eny it 'as said o+ 'omen all oer t"e
'orld& 6arara" 37/
Ho'eer s"e discoered t"at as s"e interie'ed 'omen t"ey 'ere not
"ay/ n +act t"ey all
+elt emty/ !"ey +elt as t"ou" t"ey 'ere a$le to do more t"an
t"ey 'ere $ein allo'ed to do/
Friedan used t"e 'ord emty a lot to descri$e t"e 'ay 'omen +elt
durin t"ese coule o+
decades/ At "er collee reunion s"e interie'ed many 'omen t"at
s"e attended collee 'it"/ As
s"e (uotes t"ese ot"er 'omen t"is +eelin o+ emtiness 'as t"e
common t"read/ Friedan 'as a
'oman e0ressin "o' s"e +elt $ut s"e 'as also s"arin t"e +eelins
o+ ot"ers as 'ell/ ,"e 'as
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(uotin t"ese ot"er 'omen '"ic" maes t"e $eliea$ility o+ t"e
article "i"/ !"e ery similar
resonses $y t"e 'omen s"o's t"at t"e ma4ority o+ eole +elt t"e
same 'ay/ !"is maes t"e
reader $eliee t"e article $ecause t"e 'omen all s"are t"e same
+eelins/ Friedan 'as addressin
'"at s"e +elt 'as a ma4or ro$lem in society in t"e *-.s/ ,"e not
only 'rote a$out it to in+orm
t"e u$lic $ut also s"e made seeral attemts to increase 'omen.s
ri"ts in "er li+etime/
,ometimes s"e 'as called a +orce +or c"ane& in 'omen;s ri"ts
6$iora"y/com7/
Friedan 'anted to not only in+orm t"e u$lic o+ t"is raidly ro'in
ro$lem $ut also to
encourae 'omen to tae a stand +or t"eir ri"ts/ Friedan 'as a
stron actiist +or 'omen;s
ri"ts< +or e0amle s"e co+ounded t"e %ational =rani>ation
+or Women and sered as its +irst
resident 6$iora"y/com7/ !"e document seres t"e sole urose
o+ in+ormin and encourain
'omen to stand u +or '"at t"ey desere/ Friedan ne' t"at 'omen
"ad t"e a$ilities to $e more
t"an a stay?at?"ome mom s"e 4ust 'anted ot"ers to reali>e it
to/ ,"e 'anted t"e u$lic to no'
t"at 'omen ne' t"ey desered more/ !"e ro$lem t"at "as no
name& only "ad no name
$ecause t"e 'omen couldn;t connect 'it" t"eir +eelins and
sea u +or t"emseles/ !"rou"
t"is $oo Betty Friedan soe u +or t"e +emale race as a '"ole/
